At the initiative of the Lepel District Prosecutor's Office, 14 procurement procedures conducted in violation of anti-corruption legislation, totaling over 1.5 million rubles, were cancelled or amended in the past period of 2024.
At the initiative of the Lepel District Prosecutor's Office, 14 procurement procedures conducted in violation of anti-corruption legislation, totaling over 1.5 million rubles, were cancelled or amended in the past period of 2024.
For reference. According to paragraph 12 of part 1 of Article 25 of the Law of the Republic of Belarus on Combating Corruption, a violation by a public official or a person equated to him of the procedure for conducting tenders, auctions, and procurement procedures established by legislative acts, is an offense that creates conditions for corruption.
Violations that formed the basis for the cancellation or amendment of procurement procedures were most frequently identified in the areas of public administration, education, and construction.
The most common violations cited include:
- non-compliance by the customer (organizer) with the requirements for the content of documents submitted for proposal preparation, including the failure to establish the prescribed requirements for participants;
- non-compliance by the customer (organizer) with the rules for describing the subject of public procurement;
- violation by the customer (organizer) of the procedure for selecting public procurement procedures stipulated by legislation.
Following the inspections, the district prosecutor's office issued 12 orders. A submission was made to the Lepel District Executive Committee to eliminate the identified violations, as well as the causes and conditions that contributed to them.
Assistant Prosecutor A.S. Deyneka