ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL SUPPORT FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ANTI-CORRUPTION POLICY IN UKRAINE: THE CONCEPT AND FEATURES

Abstract

The article is devoted to the issues related to the study of administrative and legal support for the implementation of anti-corruption policy. The basic provisions of anti-corruption policy formation and its implementation are determined, with an emphasis on activities to ensure the latter. It is noted that the state policy on the eradication of corruption is based on the interpretation of the latter as a negative phenomenon that discredits the activities of public institutions. The following features that characterize the activities to ensure the implementation of anti-corruption policy are identified: 1) it is a type of activities of authorized subjects which is ordered to implementation of anti-corruption strategy; 2) measures that are essence of activities on implementation of anti-corruption strategy can change according to current means of prevention to corruption; 3) it is the type of activities that is subordinated to single standards of implementation of anti-corruption strategy, regardless of the sphere of public relations and subjects of application; 4) it is a type of the activities that is applied on the permanent basis according to the Part 5 of the Art. 18 of the Law of Ukraine “On prevention of corruption”. It is substantiated that the implementation of anti-corruption policy in the public sector is ensured through a set of public relations that arise when preventing, deterring and facilitating the detection of signs of corruption and violations of anti-corruption requirements, prohibitions, restrictions on state or local government. It is proposed to understand the term “ensuring the implementation of anti-corruption policy” as an activity to implement the state program for the implementation of anti-corruption strategy. It is noted that according to the updated approach at the regulatory level, the basic principles of anti-corruption policy are enshrined, such as: transparency of the functioning of political parties; integrity of public servants; counteracting the existence of a conflict of interest in the activities of public servants; effective anti-corruption programs of central state executive bodies and state enterprises; prevention of corruption in the field of public procurement, etc. There is an urgent need to update the array of regulations in the field of anti-corruption legislation. It is emphasized that the current anti-corruption policy must correspond to the realities of today and have a formal definition. Emphasis is placed on the fact that determining the essence of anti-corruption policy without the necessary of administrative and legal support for its implementation, causes the impossibility of proper implementation of the general strategic anti-corruption course chosen by the state.