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Anticorruption barometer


Update history

Control of politicians — #1 Proving of declarations of honour made by politicans and public officials

Politicians and other public officials shall substantiate all statutory declarations they make, i.e. notification of personal interest, of actions, assets, income, gifts and of commitments, by relevant documents.

Justification and sources

Selected update

Updated: 08/2015 Parameter update history

Effectiveness:
0%
Progression:
0%
Media report a problem but nothing is being done

The Act on conflict of interest does not require from public officials submission of evidence of the information contained in their declarations of honour. The proposed amendment of the Act, on conflict of interest, which is in the Lower Chamber of the Parliament deals with this issue only partially by creating a possibility for citizens to announce facts which are not in accordance with the information indicated by politicians in their declaration of honour and the obligation of public authorities to compare the information contained in the declarations with the information stored in the information systems to which they have access.

Compared to current state

Updated: 02/2017 Parameter update history

Effectiveness:
25%
Progression:
90%
The law is in force

The amendment of the Act on conflict of interest which entered into force in 2017 deals with the issue of providing evidence on the information contained in the declaration of honour made by public officials only partially by creating a possibility for citizens to announce facts which are not in accordance with the information indicated by politicians in their declaration of honour and the obligation of public authorities to compare the information contained in the declarations with the information stored in the information systems to which they have access.