Politician should keep an electronic diary where he/she would enter all his/her meetings.* The contents of the electronic diary is published in “real-time” on the internet.
* It is not necessary to disclose internal meetings and communication, for example, a minister should not disclose meetings and communication with the employees of the ministry or with the members of his party. The precise definition of an internal meeting and communication would be specified.
If politicians had a public electronic diary, where they would record their meetings, various political enterpreneurs, would not dare meet them and try to corrupt them (this finding is based on the experience of several politicians which started to keep such diary).
Sources:
- Report of the European Commission on the fight against corruption in the EU, Annex Czech Republic, Annex 3, COM(2014) 38 final , p. 9
- OECD: The 10 Principles for Transparency and Integrity in Lobbying, 2013, principles 5, 6 and 9
- The Obama Administration’s Commitment to Open Government: A Status Report, 16 September 2011, p. 32
- Information about a further action in the area of lobbying regulation in the Czech Republic and principles for the proposal of an Act on lobbying
- Fadrný, M., Kraus, L.,Position document of the Environmental Law Service on the issue of transparency of the legislative process and lobbying regulation, 31 January 2013
- Conclusions of the expert tables on lobbying, Respect Institute - Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic - Lenka Andrýsová, 2011, p. 2 and 12
- Fadrný, M., Kraus L., Principles of the reform in the area of lobbying regulation, Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic – Environmental Law Service, p. 11
- Vondráček, O., Havrda, M., 21 recipes – Anti-corruption cookbook, Recipe 2: Reducing corruption opportunities, December 2013
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