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Rada returned statements
The Verkhovna Rada took criminal responsibility for an inaccurate statement: for a lie about the state, a fine and a restriction of freedom are provided, but there will be no prison.
The Verkhovna Rada finally reacted to the decision of the Constitutional Court, which in fact canceled the declaration of ownership by the officials. The statements were returned, the responsibility for the inaccurate presentation of information in them – too. But just not everyone is delighted with such a decision.
The responsibility will not be the same.
Commitment
Deputies voted on Compromise Bill # 4460-d, created on the basis of Presidential Bill # 4434 and drafted by Task Force # 4441.
According to the document, the deliberate introduction by the subject of the declaration of deliberately false information in the declaration in the amount of 500 to 4000 living wages for people without disabilities (now it is 1.3 to 9 million hryvnia) is sanctioned with a fine of 2.5 to 3,000 minimum non-taxable income of citizens (from 42.5 to 51 thousand hryvnia) or community service for a period of 150 to 240 hours with the deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or perform certain activities for up to 3 years.
Deliberate introduction by the subject of declaring inaccurate information of 4 thousand living wages (now 9 million hryvnia) is sanctioned with a fine of 3 to 5 thousand non-taxable minimums (from 51 to 85,000 hryvnia) or community service for a period of 150 to 240 hours, or restriction of liberty for up to 2 years with the deprivation of the right to occupy certain positions or carry out certain activities for up to 3 years.
The deliberate failure to present a declaration is sanctioned with a fine of 2.5 to 3,000 minimum non-taxable income of citizens or community service for a period of 150 to 240 hours with deprivation of the right to occupy certain positions or carry out certain activities for up to three years.
What is the restriction of freedom?
It is important to understand that limiting freedom is not in any way no incarceration.
The restriction of liberty consists of keeping a person in open penal institutions no isolation from society in the conditions of exercising surveillance over him with the obligatory participation of the convicted person at work.
The restriction of freedom is established for a period of 1 to 5 years.
The restriction of freedom does not apply to minors, pregnant women and women with children under the age of fourteen, people who have reached retirement age, conscripts and people with disabilities in the first and second groups.
But the punishment in the form of imprisonment is to isolate the convicted person and place him for a specified period in a closed-type penal institution. Installed for a period of 1 to 15 years.
Imprisonment is one of the most severe criminal penalties, between the restriction of liberty and life imprisonment.
Previously, those who presented false information in the statement were threatened deprivation of freedom.
Empty standard?
Vitaly Shabunin, director of the board of directors of the non-governmental organization Anti-Corruption Center, said that the adopted version of the law is not strict enough and that it would not scare off potential corrupt officials.
“The deputies want to deceive everyone. The restriction of the will does not scare top officials with unreported millionaire incomes, “he said.
The adviser to the head of the President’s Office, Mikhail Podolyak, in turn, states: “On the one hand, responsibility for the violations has been restored during the declaration and, on the other hand, without the threat of actual imprisonment, it is It is doubtful that such responsibility is a compelling argument for those who want to violate the requirements of the declaration. … The deputies cannot help but understand this. “
The head of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption, Alexander Novikov, asked President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to veto the law passed today on liability for lying in statements. Novikov sent a letter to the president.
In the letter, Novikov noted that this bill does not provide for imprisonment for those who deliberately do not submit an electronic statement or deliberately do not indicate false information in it.
“Therefore, the Verkhovna Rada recognizes these acts not as crimes, but as crimes. That is, a corrupt official can be released from responsibility in case of sincere repentance,” explained the NAPC.
The west is not happy
The G7 ambassadors said earlier that the restoration of criminal responsibility cannot be less severe than it was. But, in the end, it happened. It is important for Ukraine that at the end of the year the IMF mission reached Kiev. This will give the Ministry of Finance the opportunity to seize the opportunity to give a positive signal to investors and attract loan funds through the issuance of internal loan bonds (OVDP). However, the restoration of declaring in a weak version creates a negative background for the negotiations with the IMF.
