Violations uncovered

The results of the analysis conducted by the regional prosecutor's office on the implementation of anti-corruption legislation in the system of the Committee for Labor, Employment, and Social Protection indicate that the work carried out by the committee, relevant territorial departments of city/district executive committees, and subordinate institutions does not fully meet the requirements of anti-corruption legislation and is not capable of effectively eliminating and minimizing corruption manifestations.

Based on the results of the inspection, shortcomings were identified in the activities of anti-corruption commissions established both in territorial departments and subordinate social service institutions. The work on familiarizing public officials with the list of anti-corruption restrictions is not properly organized.

Prosecutors have identified numerous violations of the procedure for declaring income and property, which consisted of obligated persons failing to submit declarations, incomplete or inaccurate disclosure of income or property subject to mandatory declaration, including real estate.

Violations of the procedure for providing and using gratuitous (sponsorship) assistance have been established, which consisted of improper documentation of agreements and failure to provide reports to sponsors.

Numerous violations of legislation on public procurement of goods (works, services), procurement using own funds, and in the construction sector have been identified.

Other violations of anti-corruption legislation have been identified, including violations of anti-corruption prohibitions by public officials and improper accounting of working time due to absence from work.

In connection with the identified violations, the regional prosecutor's office has submitted a representation to the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee demanding the adoption of additional organizational and practical measures aimed at eliminating violations of anti-corruption legislation, as well as the causes and conditions contributing to them.

In total, based on the results of the inspection, city/district prosecutors have prepared and submitted more than 50 response documents, which are under consideration.

Head of

of the regional prosecutor's office
for combating corruption
and organized crime E. Lapkovsky