Over 5,000 Ukrainian officials filed declarations in past week
Over 5,000 Ukrainian officials submitted declarations in the past week (photo: Vitalii Nosach, RBC-Ukraine)
Over 5,700 Ukrainian officials submitted their annual declarations in the past week, which is twice as many as the previous week, states the National Agency on Corruption Prevention on their Telegram channel.
The Agency notes that the declaration submission rate has doubled. As of August 28, a total of 399,200 officials have already submitted their declarations for 2021.
Among them:
- 48 Members of Parliament (+3 in the past week).
- Five ministers (no change).
- Three deputy heads of the Presidential Office (no change).
- 35,428 officials in categories "A" and "B" (public servants holding leadership positions, +213 in the past week).
- 2,570 judges (+39 in the past week).
- 9,975 prosecutors, investigators, and interrogators (+67 in the past week).
- Seven heads of Regional State Administrations and Autonomous Republic Administrations (no change).
The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) reports that over 277,000 individuals filed declarations for the year 2022. This includes 31 Members of Parliament (+1 in the past week), one Deputy Head of the Presidential Office (+1), four members of the Government (no change), and three heads of Regional State Administrations and Autonomous Republic Administrations (no change).
The resumption of declaration filing
In Ukraine, the obligation to submit income declarations was canceled after the start of full-scale war. However, the Ukrainian government committed in a memorandum with the IMF to reinstate e-declaration by August 1, 2023.
On July 27, a bill was introduced to the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) regarding the reinstatement of income declarations for officials and those aspiring to hold public positions. The bill received support from 299 members of parliament in the first reading.
