A Step Forward in the Minimization of Political Corruption in Financial Support of Political Parties: The Experience of Ukraine and Lithuania

Abstract

Political corruption as a negative phenomenon hampers the democratic and economic development of any state. The experience of foreign countries across the world testifies to the existence of number of reasons conducive to the spread of political corruption. Its study is important both for Ukraine, which is actively taking measures to combat political corruption, and for other countries with a high level of political corruption. The article begins with a study of various approaches to understanding the concept of “political corruption”, the reasons for its emergence and determination of the level of citizens’ trust in political institutions in Ukraine and foreign countries. The main obstacles to minimizing the phenomenon of political corruption in Ukraine are the existence of an effective mechanism for financial support of political parties and control over their financial activity. Based on the analysis of scientific literature, international acts, and legislative acts of Ukraine and Lithuania, the authors disclose the experience of Ukraine and Lithuania in the sphere of state financing of political parties and control over their financial activity. The methods of descriptive comparative analysis and observation of the latest scientific research on this issue guide the work. Proceeding from the existing problem of minimizing the phenomenon of corruption in the funding of political parties in Ukraine and taking into account the development of Ukraine’s legal system, the article presents a number of proposals on improving the legislation of Ukraine on financial support of political parties. The authors also provide a proposal on the need to improve the legislation in Lithuania in the area of indirect state funding of political parties. This article aims to disclose the notion of “political corruption”, to study experience of Ukraine and Lithuania in the sphere of minimizations of corruption in the funding of political parties and control over the use of such financial support, to determine the areas for improving the legislation of Ukraine and Lithuania in this issue, and to show the optimal mechanism of overcoming corruption in political parties, since Ukraine is not the only state where this phenomenon reaches its peak.

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“…The general rule is that the state assumes financially 1544-0044-23-3-487 liable it can be insurance, disciplinary responsibility, and a civil suit. In accordance with the foregoing, the condition is created to abuse practice with notarial authority and spread corruption (Kulish et al, 2018).…”

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“…Chaplay even investigated the possibility of introducing marketing tools into the activities of these entities in order to ascertain the needs of the population and make decisions taking it into account (Romanenko & Chaplay, 2016). This is especially relevant in the context of bureaucratization of the state apparatus and the increase in the level of political corruption, which, according to A. Kulish, N. Andriichenko, and O. Reznik, reduces the trust of citizens in state agencies and is an obstacle to the interaction between them (Kulish et al, 2018). S. Staubli points out that the perception of the police and other institutions of the state depends on the number of contacts with representatives of the latter.…”

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“…We note that scientists state that corruption is a priority negative phenomenon that impedes the democratic and economic development of any state (Kulish, Andriichenko, Reznik, 2018). Indeed, M. Chene notes that border corruption is a common phenomenon that manifests itself through various forms, including bureaucratic corruption, waste of budgetary resources, organized crime-related corruption, and political corruption (Chene, 2018).…”