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The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office are not capable of single-handedly eradicating corruption in the defense sector. Nevertheless, there is a way out.
“Can we fight corruption in the defense sector with the forces of NABU and SAPO? No, we cannot. Because there is a huge budget, a huge number of procurements, and in every one of them there can be a certain corruption risk,” emphasized Klymenko. He also explained that this must be a joint effort by both anti-corruption bodies and the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine itself. The head of SAPO confirmed that recently the Ministry of Defense approached NABU for the first time to obtain a risk analysis of where corruption in the defense sector could occur. “They provided them with such an analysis, and this can only exist in such a symbiosis, when the Ministry of Defense also takes measures to reduce this corruption,” Klymenko explained. In this context, he reminded that NABU and SAPO can only investigate specific cases and shed light on how corruption operates. However, exclusively the Ministry makes administrative decisions to prevent further growth of corruption. As for anti-corruption bodies, they currently lack enough detectives and prosecutors to investigate such a large number of cases. “So this can only be a symbiosis. Is there corruption there? Yes, there is. How to overcome it? It requires sequential steps. That is, if we see kickbacks in procurements, a million dollars was allocated for drone procurement. These are elementary things: a company cannot win without a kickback. What needs to be done for this? It is necessary to implement administrative resources,” the explanation went. According to him, this refers to transparent tenders and procurements, so that the winners are companies offering high quality and cheaper goods.
By the way, previously the head of SAPO said that corruption in Ukraine is not decreasing, but even rising in its top echelons. Incidentally, 10 August it became known that former head of the Presidential Administration Andriy Yermak had his preventive measure changed.
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