It was noted that in recent years, an appropriate regulatory framework has been formed, institutional changes have been implemented, and a number of practical measures have been taken to prevent corruption.
About 10 laws related to this area have been adopted, 10 decrees and resolutions of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2 government resolutions, more than 20 departmental documents and 2 state programs have been approved.
In particular, the Law "On Combating Corruption" has been adopted, which defines the main directions of state policy.
The Law "On the State Civil Service" has reformed the State civil service and introduced mechanisms aimed at preventing corruption in the civil service.
In addition, the Law "On Anti-Corruption Expertise of normative legal acts and their projects" was adopted and a system for conducting anti-corruption expertise of normative legal acts and their projects was created.
The National Council for Combating Corruption and its regional councils have been established.
By including heads of government agencies and organizations, as well as representatives of civil society institutions, in the National Council, it is possible to coordinate the activities of all state and non-state organizations in this area.
The Anti-Corruption Agency has been established, a specially authorized state body responsible for the formation and implementation of state policy in the field of preventing and combating corruption.
The practice of preparing an annual National report on combating Corruption and submitting it to the chambers of the Oliy Majlis has been established, which is also reflected in the Constitution.
In addition, 117 government agencies and organizations, including banks, have established internal anti-corruption control (compliance control) structures.
However, it was noted that there are also a number of disadvantages in this area.
Among them are bureaucracy and violations of fire safety legislation when issuing construction permits and handing over buildings, as well as the fact that law enforcement agencies are mainly engaged in detecting and suppressing corruption, without paying attention to preventing corruption factors and taking preventive measures.
There is also no sense of the role and responsibility of internal anti-corruption control (compliance control) units in government agencies and organizations in countering and preventing corruption.
The Anti-Corruption Agency has not studied the experience of foreign countries in this area and has not developed any proposals for the development of this area.
Corruption is high in the areas of healthcare, employment, and banking. 527 cases of corruption were recorded in the healthcare sector, 447 in the employment sector, and 434 in banks.
The factors of corruption in the ministries receiving the most funds from the budget have not been identified, studied or analyzed.
In districts and mahallas, cases of domestic corruption have become more frequent when connecting to infrastructure, obtaining licenses, providing preferential loans, hiring and professional development.
Investigators, prosecutors and judges are limited to submitting submissions and private definitions on the case under consideration to the departments. The activities of the regional anti-corruption councils do not meet the requirements, they do not interact with the mahallas.
There is no established system for assessing the relationship between government agencies and the public in the provision of public services. The activities of the prosecutor, heads of internal affairs bodies and tax authorities to prevent corruption do not meet the requirements.
The senators stressed the need to pay special attention to the above issues together with relevant ministries and departments in order to eliminate the shortcomings noted by the President.
In particular, it is necessary to improve the legislative framework for combating corruption, increase the effectiveness of crime prevention in the regions (mahallas), including the elimination of domestic manifestations of corruption in the field, create a system of individual work with perpetrators of crimes, increase the legal awareness and legal culture of the population, implement comprehensive measures to create an intolerant attitude towards corruption, radically improve the activities of regional anti-corruption councils.
Following the discussion, the Senate adopted a resolution on the implementation of priority tasks to combat crime and prevent corruption.
