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Non-corrupt and professional public administration — #73 Evaluation of legitimacy of whistleblower's announcement

Public Defender of Rights (Ombudsman) should assess the legitimacy of whistleblower’s announcement. Should he/she find that there are facts in the announcement that indicate that the unlawful behavior of public administration or corruption occurred, the Public Defender of Rights (Ombudsman) should consider the announcement to be legitimate.

Justification and sources

Update history

date	reason	effectiveness	progression
06/2017 current	The Government proposal, which is in the Lower Chamber of the Parliament, foresees the assessment of the rightfulness of the announcement only in the framework of the subsequent judicial proceedings. The parallel MP proposal authorizes the competent state prosecutor to assess the rightfulness of the announcement in relation some of the criminal acts defined in the law.	Effectiveness 75%	Progression 60%	More
05/2017	The Government proposal, which is in the Lower Chamber of the Parliament, foresees the assessment of the rightfulness of the announcement only in the framework of the subsequent judicial proceedings. The parallel MP proposal authorizes the competent state prosecutor to assess the rightfulness of the announcement in relation some of the criminal acts defined in the law.	Effectiveness 75%	Progression 60%	More
04/2017	The Government proposal, which is in the Lower Chamber of the Parliament, foresees the assessment of the rightfulness of the announcement only in the framework of the subsequent judicial proceedings. The parallel MP proposal authorizes the competent state prosecutor to assess the rightfulness of the announcement in relation some of the criminal acts defined in the law.	Effectiveness 75%	Progression 60%	More
03/2017	The Government proposal, which is in the Lower Chamber of the Parliament, foresees the assessment of the rightfulness of the announcement only in the framework of the subsequent judicial proceedings. The parallel MP proposal authorizes the competent state prosecutor to assess the rightfulness of the announcement in relation some of the criminal acts defined in the law.	Effectiveness 75%	Progression 60%	More
02/2017	The legislative intention foresees the assessment of the rightfulness of the announcement only in the framework of the subsequent judicial proceedings. The parallel proposal of the ministry of finance authorizes the competent state prosecutor to assess the rightfulness of the announcement in relation some of the criminal acts defined in the law.	Effectiveness 75%	Progression 50%	More
04/2016	The legislative intention foresees the assessment of the rightfulness of the announcement only in the framework of the subsequent judicial proceedings. The parallel proposal of the ministry of finance authorizes the competent state prosecutor to assess the rightfulness of the announcement in relation some of the criminal acts defined in the law.	Effectiveness 75%	Progression 40%	More
08/2015	The submission of a legislative regulation of whistleblowing and the protection of whistleblowers is foreseen in the governmental Action plan and Conception for fighting corruption.	Effectiveness 0%	Progression 30%	More