Agency for Prevention of Corruption awaits appointment of the new Council. The mandate of the Council of the Agency for Prevention of Corruption expired at the end of June, without appointment of the new members. The parliamentary Anti-Corruption Committee reached an impasse in the selection process, since the candidates for this position don’t have required qualifications.

Namely, the Committee took a stand that the exam to enter public administration is a necessary precondition for the work in the Council. This was not the case during the selection of previous Council members. The Committee explained its decision with a change of the relevant legislation regulating the work of civil servants and employees, which has introduced this exam as the general condition for any type of employment in the state bodies. This interpretation might be too stringent from the point of view of the Law on Prevention of Corruption. The latter stipulates that 2 members of the Council should be also members of academic community and civil society and there is only a handful of persons from these two groups that have the necessary exam, and none of them applied for the position in the Council.

Agency for Prevention of Corruption awaits appointment of the new Council. The mandate of the Council of the Agency for Prevention of Corruption expired at the end of June, without appointment of the new members. The parliamentary Anti-Corruption Committee reached an impasse in the selection process, since the candidates for this position don’t have required qualifications. Namely, the Committee took a stand that the exam to enter public administration is a necessary precondition for the work in the Council. This was not the case during the selection of previous Council members. The Committee explained its decision with a change of the relevant legislation regulating the work of civil servants and employees, which has introduced this exam as the general condition for any type of employment in the state bodies. This interpretation might be too stringent from the point of view of the Law on Prevention of Corruption. The latter stipulates that 2 members of the Council should be also members of academic community and civil society and there is only a handful of persons from these two groups that have the necessary exam, and none of them applied for the position in the Council.