A public office consists of political posts and posts of professional officers. The distinction of which posts are political and which are for professional officers shall be included in an (Civil Service) Act. The management of the civil service is functionally separated from the political management of ministries.
If political and officer posts were separated and the management of the civil service was functionally separated from the political management of ministries, it would be possible to ensure independence and anti-corruption integrity of civil servants.
Sources:
- Czech Government Anti-corruption Conception for years 2015 - 2017,chap. 2.1.1., p. 5
- Public Money and Corruption Risks – A Comparative Analysis, Frank Bold, 2013, p. 76
- REST. Depolitisation of the civil service, Reconstruction of the State [online], 2013, principle 1
- Transparency International, Corruption risks in the Visegrad Countries – Visegrad Integrity System Study, 2012, p. 18 a 68
- Transparency International - Czech Republic, Professionalisation of the state administration and the Civil Servants Act, Policy paper, Prague, June 2012, p. 17
- Vondráček, O., Havrda, M., 21 recipes – Anti-corruption cookbook, Recipe 9: Integrity and professionalism of public administration, December 2013
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