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Anticorruption barometer


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Control of politicians — #3 Revolving doors principle

Politician or high public official should be prohibited from doing business in the sector where he worked when was in the public office (the “revolving doors” principle). Politician should have a duty to report if he/she learned that other politician got into the situation of conflict of interest situation or corruption.

Justification and sources

Selected update

Updated: 09/2016 Parameter update history

Effectiveness:
50%
Progression:
100%
The law is being applied

The proposal of the law amending the Act on conflict of interest, which the Upper Chamber returned to the Lower Chamber of the Parliament, extends the scope of the principle of revolving doors also to business companies controlled by public institutions and state enterprises, but this principle still does not cover all contractual relations between the public institution and the legal person in question, but only the "over-the-limit" public contracts concluded between the public institution and the legal person with which the politician or other public official is prohibited to work after the end of his/her public function.

Compared to current state

Updated: 02/2017 Parameter update history

Effectiveness:
50%
Progression:
100%
The law is being applied

The amendment of the Act on conflict of interest which entered into force in 2017 extends the scope of the principle of revolving doors also to business companies controlled by public institutions and state enterprises, but this principle still does not cover all contractual relations between the public institution and the legal person in question, but only the "over-the-limit" public contracts concluded between the public institution and the legal person with which the politician or other public official is prohibited to work after the end of his/her public function.