OECD assists Kazakhstan in combating corruption
Caspionet, Nov 29, 2011
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has proposed seventeen new ways to combat corruption in Kazakhstan. In Astana, the organisation’s experts presented its second report on their vision of how to combat corruption in the Republic. In Kazakhstan, those reporting false information about supposed corruption-related violations are punished through the administrative responsibility code. However, experts believe there is not much harm from such reports but it is worse, when citizens do not report about corruption for fear of being accused of libel. Therefore, the OECD suggested giving up such a punishment. Several years ago, the OECD gave Kazakhstan 34 pieces of advice how to fight corruption. Most of them are taken into account in anti-corruption programs and laws. On Monday, OECD experts were in Astana presenting the new report. It includes the results of execution of the previous suggestions and new recommendations.
Andrei Lukin, Deputy Chairman, Kazakh Agency for Fighting Economic and Corruption-related Crimes:
- This year, a group of OECD experts has made 17 recommendations, which are divided into three subgroups. This is first of all, a national policy against corruption, anti-corruption legislation, and others.
Apart from the financial police, the presidential administration, the government, and other state agencies interested involving civil society entities will implement the recommendations by the OECD.
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