Control of politicians
— #4 Publication of declarations mady by politicians and public officials by a central authority
A central authority should actively publish information submitted by politicians or other public officials in accordance with the Conflict of Interest Act, as well as sanctions for non-compliance. Citizens shall have a possibility to see the conflict-of-interest statements made by politicians and public officials, including the documents that substantiate their statements. These information and documents shall be available on the internet free of charge as it is in the company register, not in the written form based on a request as it is under the Conflict of Interest Act.
If the declarations of honour of politicians and other public officials required by the Act on conflict of interest (declaration of personal interest, exercised activities, assets acquired during the office, income, gifts and debts), including evidence, were made public on the internet in machine readable form, the public could better control them and thanks to easy comparison find the possible irregularities.
Sources:
- Report of the European Commission on the fight against corruption in the EU, Annex Czech Republic, Annex 3, COM(2014) 38 final , p. 7
- OECD: Guidelines for Managing Conflict of Interest in the Public Service, point 2.3.3, p. 12 - 13
- Czech Government Anti-corruption Action Plan for 2015, chap. 2, p. 9
- Transparency International Czech Republic, Conflict of interest – Czech Republic [online], p. 9 - 11
- Vondráček, O., Havrda, M., 21 recipes – Anti-corruption cookbook, Recipe 1: Reducing corruption opportunities, December 2013
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