What is missing in the fight against corruption?

Recently, the President of Azerbaijan made a speech on “Corruption snowto intensify the struggle for 2022-2026 Milli Approved the Action Plan. The document says that, Milli The Action Plan serves to unite the efforts of various agencies to combat corruption. As well as the emphasis according toplan all government agencies to combat corruption and allows for systematic implementation in collaboration with civil society institutions.

About a third of the 60 measures outlined in the Action Plan are related to digitalization in the public sector. There are other measures to combine efforts to combat corruption.

Corruption in the Republic of Azerbaijan snowMember of the Commission for Combating Corruption, deputy Arzu Nagiyev “TuranHe said that, This document is very important: “Corruption in Azerbaijan snowThe struggle continues in all areas. “

“After that, the struggle will be more serious”

According to him according toone of the main criteria hindering economic reforms is corruption. DeputyAccording to him, the approval of the Action Plan can be assessed as a new stage in the fight against corruption in Azerbaijan: “It is safe to say. that, From now on, the fight against corruption will be carried out more seriously. Every official must understand his responsibility in this matter, every citizen of Azerbaijan must be active as a public observer, and be with the state and law enforcement agencies in preventing negative situations.

The head of the Institute of Civil Rights Bashir Suleymanli also said that, There are always attempts to fight corruption: “It takes into account the international situation, the geopolitical situation, as well as the dissatisfaction of local citizens. In particular, there are processes related to e-government aimed at preventing bribery.

“We are concerned about large-scale corruption”

The human rights activist believes that, These attempts are aimed at eliminating the direct contact of a number of small officials with citizens: “It was possible to take bribes from citizens in these contacts. The number of bribes has decreased after the process was digitized and direct communication between officials and citizens was minimized.

But to the expert according to, the issue is not about solving this small problem: “We are concerned about large cases of corruption, which have a very serious impact on the overall process. For example, the regions from the state budget social– A lot of money is allocated for economic development, but only the central part of these regions is being improved. That is, most of the funds are corrupt. In general, the whole government of the country is based on this approach.

“Independent media and civil society are non-existent”

According to B. Suleymanli according to, public control must be provided to overcome this situation: “Legislative base is being prepared, documents are being adopted, but there is no public control over its implementation. Independent media and civil society are non-existent. An independent judiciary is the cornerstone of this process. But he is not there either. “

The human rights activist believes that, free media and The struggle without an independent judiciary will not have a serious effect. (Radio Liberty)