Control of politicians
— #27 Commitment to prove which income finance acquisition property when in public office
Commitment that if at the moment of leaving the public office the value of his/her property increases, he/she will prove that this increase is based on justified and authorised income only (unjustified or unauthorised property acquistions should be surrendered to the state);
If before the elections the candidate undertook that in case of election his/her state of asset would increase only from evidenced and published sources, at least a political liability of the candidate would be established, should he/she violate this duty.
Sources:
- Art. 8 (5) of the United Nations Convention against Corruption, 14 December 2005
- OECD: Guidelines for Managing Conflict of Interest in the Public Service, June 2013, point 1.2.1., p. 7 – 8
- Point 109 of the Code of Good Practice in Electoral Matters (Venice Commission): Guidelines and Explanatory report, Venice, 18-19 October 2002, CDL-AD(2002)023rev
- Czech Government Anti-corruption Action Plan for 2015, chap. 2, p. 9
- Transparency International: Corruption risks in the Visegrad Countries – Visegrad Integrity System Study, 2012, p. 28
- Transparency International Czech Republic, Conflict of interest – Czech Republic [online], p. 9 – 11
- Myerson, R., Democratic Decentralization and Economic Development, Chicago University, February 2013 [online], p. 15
- Vondráček, O., Havrda, M., 21 recipes – Anti-corruption cookbook, Recipe 4: Non-corruption statement and asset declaration, December 2013
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