Ukraine’s Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk chairs a government meeting on Feb. 24
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has come up with a solution for fighting all the ills like corruption and lack of reform that are seriously damaging the country’s reputation. They have issued a resolution which demands that civil servants, and even the heads of state enterprises refrain from publicly criticizing the authorities and public officials. The “Rules of Ethical Behaviour of Public Officials” are dated Feb 11, 2016, but the resolution approving them appeared on March 1.
The introductory note states that “in order to restore public trust in the work of state bodies and their officials, the Government has decided to introduce standards of ethical behaviour for civil servants”. It asserts that this takes into account “the progressive and successful experience” of EU member states, and says that it is based on a model for guaranteeing maximum transparency of the work of state bodies adopted in Poland.
It is impossible to understand how muffling criticism from civil servants and the heads of state enterprises is supposed to enhance transparency. This is no mere advice on good behaviour since the document ends by stating that for breaches of the Rules, a person will face disciplinary measures “in accordance with the law”.
Aren’t they clever? Can we send them our sjw?
Silence, the ally of tyranny.