Poroshenko: Electronic declarations must be introduced in 2016

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has called on Ukrainian MPs to introduce electronic income declarations of officials already in 2016, the president’s press service reports.

"The amendment to the law on the State Budget, postponing electronic declarations for 2017, should be abolished. We will introduce them in 2016. This is a visa-free regime package and we cannot postpone it anymore," he said at a sitting of the Regional Development Council.

The President also noted that draft laws on these amendments had already been considered taking into account the experience of the EU countries.

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