That's also a political problem for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who according to a further poll, is considered by 77% of the population to be to blame for corruption in governmental and military institutions, as Interfax-Ukraine reported.
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Ukraine says it will pay people who report corruption and bribery 10% of the cash that gets recovered
On Ukrainian state TV, the agency's head Oleksandr Novikov added an incentive to anyone thinking of reporting corruption: the prospect of 10% of the proceeds of any successful case, according to Ukrinform. The portal is due to launch in September, he said.
This reward — up to a maximum of 14 million hryvnias ($380,000) — would be the first-ever whistleblower reward offered in Ukraine, the outlet reported. , ,Earlier in August, Zelenskyy conducted a purge of regional military administrators, saying that "cynicism and bribery during war is high treason."
The European Union has long emphasized that tackling corruption is a key condition to Ukraine being able to join. The NACP, whose latest initiative was developed with EU support, is one of three bodies devoted to rooting out corruption in the country.
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Friday morning outlined the next steps in Ukraine’s path to joining the European Union, during a virtual address to the Ukrainian parliament.
“The next steps are within your reach. But they will require hard work, determination and above all unity of purpose,” she told the Rada.
This path includes tackling corruption, a promise on which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was elected in 2019. “You have created an impressive anti-corruption machine. But now these institutions need teeth, and the right people in senior posts,” she said.
- Von der Leyen explained Ukraine should appoint new heads for the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office and National Anti-Corruption Bureau, which both started operating in 2015, as soon as possible.
Von der Leyen also insisted on the need to reform the country’s constitutional court — namely, a legislation outlining selection procedures for judges, in line with the recommendations of the Venice Commission.
Von der Leyen also mentioned a controversial anti-oligarch law, according to which the body that decides who is an oligarch is appointed by the president himself. Critics of the law see it as a populist measure which could give more power to the sitting president. “Today, Ukraine is the only country in Europe’s Eastern Partnership to have adopted a law to break the oligarchs’ grip on your economic and political life. And I commend you for that,” she said. But von der Leyen added that Ukraine now has to focus on implementing the law, “in a legally sound manner.”
She also addressed media independence, saying a media law should be adopted in line with current EU standards...
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