Checks being conducted on 48,000 officials – Petrenko
Ukrinform
Checks are being conducted on almost 50,000 state officials in line with the law on lustration.
Justice Minister Pavlo Petrenko said in a report on the fulfilment of Government Action Program.
“Checks are being conducted on 48,000 current officials in line with the law and on 37,000 candidates for a position in the state service,” he said.
According to Petrenko, at present over 700 high-ranking officials are in a register of lustrated officials, and about 2,000 officials had resigned before the law came into effect.
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