The petition proposes to ratify Article 20 of the UN Convention against Corruption and to supplement the Criminal Code of the new composition of the crime – “illicit enrichment” – against officials.
Navalny initiative to spread that opposition and its supporters launched a major campaign, proposes to extend the jurisdiction of Russia to the article 20 of the UN Convention: to criminalize for officials for illicit enrichment, expanding the scope of the legislative concepts of “corruption” and enter for officials, replacing higher public office, the duty to provide their employers information on income and expenditure of their adult children, etc.
This is the second petition Navalny, supported by the required number of signatures. Previous – first petition to the IC, scored 100 thousand. Votes – relating to restrictions cost car bureaucrats 1.5 million rubles. That petition was not approved by the Expert Council for consideration by the government.
Petition assumes acceptance of federal law, so it is considered a federal expert working group headed by the Minister of “open government” Mikhail Abyzov. It consists of 34 people, including representatives of ministries, deputies, senators, experts and public figures. According to the press service of “open government”, just come to a meeting of representatives of relevant ministries – the Ministry of Justice and the Interior Ministry.
By the authors of the initiative to the meeting invited director of the fight against corruption Roman Rubanov, who on Friday morning was searched in the case of “stolen paintings.” Navalny himself to the White House was not invited.
“First, they referred to the fact that I am under house arrest. Then they began to say that the author of the initiative was not me, and the Fund to fight corruption, and called its director,” – said RBC Bulk.
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