KIEV, Ukraine -- Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has said that corruption in Ukraine is a threat to national security.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko
“Corruption has gone so far that it is taking away the future from our state,” Yushchenko told a conference devoted to the struggle against corruption.
He said this social ill was most frequent in the bodies of state power, including law enforcement. Yushchenko accused the senior officials of state bodies of power of lack of coordination in resisting corruption.
“How come we do not have the proper statistics, criteria and legislation? Our task is to find the motivation in order to fight corruption effectively, to unite in the drive for a common cause and to resist this ill,” the president said.
Yushchenko pointed to a menacing degree of corruption in the health service, education, courts, the police, tax authorities, license policies and customs.
“Shortfalls in the struggle against corruption are nakedly clear. No steps are being taken to prevent it. We still lack a competent agency that would be responsible for comprehensive work to resist this phenomenon.”
Source: ITAR-Tass
“Corruption has gone so far that it is taking away the future from our state,” Yushchenko told a conference devoted to the struggle against corruption.
He said this social ill was most frequent in the bodies of state power, including law enforcement. Yushchenko accused the senior officials of state bodies of power of lack of coordination in resisting corruption.
“How come we do not have the proper statistics, criteria and legislation? Our task is to find the motivation in order to fight corruption effectively, to unite in the drive for a common cause and to resist this ill,” the president said.
Yushchenko pointed to a menacing degree of corruption in the health service, education, courts, the police, tax authorities, license policies and customs.
“Shortfalls in the struggle against corruption are nakedly clear. No steps are being taken to prevent it. We still lack a competent agency that would be responsible for comprehensive work to resist this phenomenon.”
Source: ITAR-Tass
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