Only “annual” declarations and “dismissal” declarations are subject to full verification, which the NACP checks in order of priority – taking into account the risk assessment, as well as the results of the analysis of information received from citizens, organizations, media and other sources. This is reported by the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption .
The NACP carries out a number of financial control measures, one of which is a full verification of declarations. Declaring entities submit three types of documents: a declaration of a candidate for a position, an annual declaration during the performance of official duties and after dismissal, as well as a declaration “upon dismissal”. A full check is carried out only for the last two types.
Such checks are carried out both during the declarant’s activities related to the performance of state or local government functions, and within three years after their termination. The selection of declarations for verification is carried out in order of priority in accordance with the risk assessment and data received from external sources.
Currently, declarants who had the right to postpone the submission of documents often submit several declarations for different periods at once. Sometimes officials submit declarations even when they do not have such an obligation and do not exercise the right to provide an explanation of the reasons for submission.
If during the check it is found that the person is not a declarant or the declaration is not subject to verification, the authorized person draws up a certificate of termination of the procedure without approving the results. If such a declaration was nevertheless verified, it may be recognized as not having passed verification.
The NACP recalls that the procedure for recognizing a declaration as “not having passed verification” applies only in two cases: when the person was not obliged to submit a declaration, since he is not the subject of the declaration, or when the document is not subject to full verification (for example, the type of declaration “annual” was mistakenly selected instead of “candidate for position” or a three-year period has passed since the completion of the relevant activity).
A full verification of the declaration involves clarifying the reliability of the specified data, assessing the declared assets, checking for a conflict of interest, and identifying signs of illicit enrichment or unjustified assets.
