Transparency International: the pace of the fight against corruption in Ukraine has halved in a year
Ukraine received 30 points out of a possible 100 in the global Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2017 and ranked 130th (out of 180 countries). However, the rate of effectiveness of the fight against corruption has decreased by half over the year, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
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This is stated in the annual ranking of the international organization Transparency International.
It is noted that Ukraine received one point more and one position higher than last year (29 points, 131st place out of 176 countries). But in dynamics, last year’s results are lower (1 point versus 2) than in 2016.
The study also indicates that in the global CPI ranking, Ukraine this year for the first time since 2010 overtook Russia (29 points), which improved its position over the past year. The results of other neighbors are still higher than those of Ukraine: Poland - 60, Slovakia - 50, Romania - 48, Hungary - 45, Belarus - 44, Moldova - 31.
Among the reasons that allowed Ukraine to move to a higher level, Transparency International cites, in particular, the work of anti-corruption authorities (SAP/NABU) in 2017, which sent the first cases of suspicion of top-level corruption to court. The register of electronic declarations also gave positive results. In addition, the first year of public procurement reform and the mandatory use of the ProZorro system was taken into account. The gas market reform also took place. Ukraine has made some positive steps towards deregulation.
The authors of the studies on which the Index is based also noted a decrease in the level of corruption in the police and a decrease in the number of cases when businesses are forced to pay bribes.
At the same time, such a slow growth of Ukraine’s index, in fact, a drop in growth dynamics by half compared to 2016, is explained by such circumstances as the lack of political will of the country’s leadership to decisively fight corruption and the low level of trust in Ukrainian courts and the prosecutor’s office.
In addition, the study indicates that an audit of defense procurement has not yet taken place, and the level of secrecy in this area remains unfounded, the study notes.
During the year, there were many attempts to limit the independence of the newly created anti-corruption bodies and cases of pressure on journalists and public activists who work in the field of anti-corruption: the introduction of discriminatory electronic property declaration, pressure from law enforcement agencies, provocations, opposition, beatings and discrediting information campaigns.
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