Auditing commission hasn’t started to audit NABU

On August 28 NABU auditor under Parliament’s quota Volodymyr Vasylenko informed that the audit, envisaged by the Law of Ukraine “On the National Anticorruption Bureau”, has not yet started. Auditing commission members expressed their desire to amend the law on NABU. According to them current version does not fully cover their rights and responsibilities, neither it provides for material, financial and technical support for the auditing process. 

Previously, at the Ukrinform roundtable, the auditor of NABU under President’s quota Pavlo Zhebrivskyi mentioned that they have developed respective legislative amendments and submitted them to the Parliament, the Cabinet of Ministers and the Presidential Administration of Ukraine – institutions that delegated auditors. Zhebrivskyi also informed that if legislation is not changed by the end of September, he is planning to resign.

It is worth recalling, that the negative audit conclusion is the only legitimate basis for extraordinary dismissal of current NABU director.

In March 2018 an independent international expert panel completed assessment of NABU effectiveness, efficiency and independence, gave the institution overall positive evaluation and provided recommendations. The assessment was commissioned by the international partners (US Embassy in Ukraine and the EU Anticorruption Initiative in Ukraine) upon request of NABU.