{"id":16884,"date":"2014-08-05T17:59:16","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T17:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=7335"},"modified":"2014-08-08T15:37:16","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T13:37:16","slug":"7335-law-on-cleansing-the-authorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/7335-law-on-cleansing-the-authorities","title":{"rendered":"MPs of \u201cBatkivshyna\u201d, \u201cSvoboda\u201d and \u201cUDAR\u201d factions declare support to the draft law \u201cOn cleansing the authorities\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kyiv, 5 August 2014 <\/i><\/b>\u2013 MPs of \u201cBatkivshyna\u201d, \u201cSvoboda\u201d and \u201cUDAR\u201d factions stand for support of the draft law \u201cOn cleansing the authorities\u201d, informed leader of \u201cBatkivshyna\u201d faction Sergiy Sobolev, Kyiv mayor Vitaly Klytchko and \u201cSvoboda\u201d MP Oleg Osukhovsky at a briefing in the Ukraine Crisis Media Center. According to Yegor Sobolev, Head of the Public Lustration Committee: \u201cPolitical forces of the new majority that was formed after Maidan stepped over political egoism and every politician\u2019s natural desire to have a law of his\/her own and united around the draft law \u201cOn cleansing the authorities\u201d. It is an actual step forward towards adoption of this law.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe law foresees checks on all the judges, law enforcers and all civil servants without exception, -continued Yegor Sobolev. \u2013 As a result of such checks 5 categories of persons will be removed from their positions: everyone who held management positions in Komsomol and other communist organizations during the Soviet times; everyone connected to KGB (Committee for State Security under the USSR) including those who studied in KGB schools; persons who held management positions under the previous authorities and did not resign; persons who by their words or actions supported encroachment on Ukraine\u2019s territorial integrity; everyone who cannot provide explanation on the origin of own property or property in possession of their families\u201d.<\/p>\n

Kyiv mayor Vitaly Klytchko explained that \u201ccleansing and renovation of authorities were main demands of the Revolution of dignity, that\u2019s why \u201cUDAR\u201d political force started setting up constitutional grounds for extraordinary parliamentary elections. We have to reload the authorities. Lustration has to be done at all levels. Our political force joined the Lustration Committee to work out this draft law. I am sure provisions of this law will be definitely implemented\u201d.<\/p>\n

Sergiy Sobolev added that \u201clustration is possible only based on a clear law. First lustration step which the Parliament has to make is to adopt the new law on elections by means of proportional system. According to this law every citizen will have a chance to join the lustration process by expressing himself\/herself on who does not deserve to represent Ukrainians\u2019 interests in Parliament.\u201d Mr. Sobolev also informed that \u201cBatkivshyna\u201d faction has submitted for consideration draft law \u201cOn counteracting separatism in society\u201d that foresees banning political activity for persons who were directly involved in terrorism financing, support of separatist movements etc.<\/p>\n

Pavlo Petrenko, Ukraine\u2019s Minister of Justice when commenting on the draft law \u201cOn cleansing the authorities\u201d said: \u201cWithin 23 years in Ukraine state authorities were set up to work for their own benefit as a priority. Today we understand that such state authorities are unable to conduct effective reforms, eliminate red tape and combat corruption. That\u2019s why in the situation when Ukraine is de-facto facing challenges of war, external aggression, economic problems, position of Ukraine\u2019s Prime-Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk is to have the state authorities made up of new, professional, motivated and patriotic staff. Important steps in this direction are full cleansing, conducting performance appraisal, lustration of state authorities representatives first of all those of control, law enforcement and judicial agencies. Staff of the state agencies is planned to be cut by 30-50% while the general salaries fund will be kept in the same amount in order for the new staff members to be paid at market level. It is also expected that responsibilities will be delegated to local authorities while state control, inspection and regulatory functions will be cut to the maximum. The government has already adopted a row of decisions in this area including the decision introducing moratorium on checks by various state agencies until the end of the year.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Mr. Petrenko noted: \u201cUkraine has no other way than to correct the mistakes of its 23 years and renovate its system of state power. There are no ideal reforms, there is ideal time for reforms. There\u2019s ideal timing for reforms in Ukraine now and those reforms have to be done quickly and effectively. Only new civil servants will be able to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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