The law sets a maximum number of persons to be nominated to the political posts (minister plus up to 10 advisors). The selection process for those political posts can be influenced by political considerations. The minister has at its disposal a fixed budget to pay his/her political advisors.
If the law set out the maximum number of political assistants to the minister and a fixed budget for their remunerations, corruption of high public officers by excessive special bonuses and possible diversion of public funds through these bonuses.
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. 77
- Vondráček, O., Havrda, M., 21 recipes – Anti-corruption cookbook, Recipe 9: Integrity and professionalism of public administration, December 2013
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