The Kyiv Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal of a Ukrainian MP against the decision of the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv, which, after reviewing the protocol drawn up by the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP), found the official guilty of committing an administrative offense under Part 2 of Article 172-7 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (Violation of Requirements for Prevention and Settlement of Conflicts of Interest).
The NACP found that the MP sent parliamentary appeals to the Ministry of Health and the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) to satisfy a private interest: obtaining information necessary for his own protection from criminal prosecution, namely, committing forgery in order to create grounds for his travel abroad.
By doing so, the official acted in conditions of a real conflict of interest.
The decision of the Kyiv Court of Appeal is final and not subject to appeal. The MP will be included in the Unified State Register of Persons Who Committed Corruption or Corruption-Related Offenses.
Realizing the importance of preventing offenses by MPs, the National Agency has repeatedly emphasized the inadmissibility of using MPs' appeals to promote private interests.
Please note that information on the rules for preventing conflicts of interest when exercising the right of a Member of Parliament to submit a parliamentary inquiry or a parliamentary appeal can be found in the Guidelines dated 21.10.2022 No. 13 “On the Application of Certain Provisions of the Law of Ukraine ‘On Prevention of Corruption’ on Prevention and Settlement of Conflicts of Interest, Compliance with Restrictions on Prevention of Corruption” (in the NACP Knowledge Base, section “Conflict of Interest” or in the format of a convenient guide).
