Return of mandatory declaration: the NACP tells whether officials have become more active in submitting e-declarations

After the reintroduction of mandatory electronic declaration, there has been no increase in the number of declarations submitted. This was reported by deputy head of the NACP  Artem Sytnyk during a briefing, according to a correspondent of UNN.

"As for the declaration for 2021, 2022, then I would like to note that the declaration took place even before the obligation to file to file a declaration. To say that a sharp increase in the number of declarations filed occurred immediately after the law came into force, we cannot say that," Sytnyk said. Sytnyk.

He noted that the less a position is associated with corruption risks, the more people who hold such positions file declarations.

"We estimate that what we saw before was a pattern that the less the position is associated with corruption risks, the more people who hold such positions file declarations. The trend is that the higher the corruption risk for this position, the fewer people are willing to file to file declarations. Now that the obligation has been restored, declarations are being submitted, but we predict that potentially the most risky declarations will be submitted at the at the end of the declaration campaign. That is, it will be the end of January 2024," Sytnyk said. Sytnyk said.

Addendum

On September 5, the Verkhovna Rada adopted the draft law No. 9534 on the restoration of electronic declaration for officials.

On October 10, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a draft law on the restoration of electronic declaration with amendment on open access (No. 9534).

On December 10, 2023, the National Agency for on Corruption Prevention fulfilled the requirements of Law No. 3384-IX and provided open round-the-clock access to the Unified State Register of Declarations of of persons.