Table of Contents – National – State bodies draw up joint declaration on strengthening anti-corruption measures in Hungary

Government agencies have issued a joint statement on how well they have acted against corruption in recent years. The Ministry of the Interior, the State Audit Office, the Curia, the General Prosecutor’s Office, the Office of National Courts, the Public Procurement Authority, the Hungarian National Bank and the Hungarian Competition Authority issued a joint statement in this regard. . HEzt I write, for example, that thanks to the inter-institutional cooperation established in 2011, in Hungary

Integrity, ethical conduct, and functioning are believed to be one of the cornerstones of a well-governed state that helps maintain confidence in the state and prevent corruption.

It is also written that the integrity surveys of the State Audit Office confirm that the integrity control systems that guarantee the prevention of corruption are widely established in the Hungarian public sector. Based on this, the State Audit Office constantly monitors the design and operation of integrity controls in public sector organizations to guarantee protection against corruption.

The fight against corruption through criminal law has obtained important results since the signing of the joint statement, supported by statistics, thanks to the joint action of the police and judicial authorities.

István Lajtár, Deputy Attorney General, László Domokos, President of the State Audit Office, Árpád Répássy, Vice President of the OBH, István Kónya, Vice President of the Curia, Sándor Pintér, Minister of the Interior, Csaba Kandras President of the Authority (bj ) in the joint evaluation of the anti-corruption activities of its institutions in the ceremonial hall of the Mansion on December 4, 2019.

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The fight against corruption through criminal law has obtained important results since the signing of the joint statement, supported by statistics, thanks to the joint action of the police and judicial authorities.

The statement concludes: “We declare that the rule of law in Hungary is correctly applied in the fight against corruption, and that the organizations we lead are committed to cooperating in the fight against corruption. To this end, 2020-2022 will take into account the objectives of the medium-term National Anti-Corruption Strategy for the period 2007-2013 “.