INFORMATION on consideration of appeals from individuals and legal entities received by the Anti-Corruption Agency in 2022

INFORMATION

on consideration of appeals from individuals and legal entities received by the Anti-Corruption Agency in 2022

The Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Uzbekistan carries out a wide range of activities aimed at protecting the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of individuals and legal entities, establishing communication with the population, bringing the work with appeals to a qualitatively new level.

In 2022, the Anti-Corruption Agency received 2,234 appeals. Consideration of 2,219 appeals has been ensured and 15 appeals are currently under consideration. Of these, 88 appeals were positively resolved, 817 appeals were satisfied by providing legal advice and clarifications. The Agency received a message of thanks for the positive solution of two appeals. 63 appeals were identified anonymous, consideration of 26 repeated appeals was completed in accordance with the established procedure. Information on 5 appeals was taken into account, 1,220 appeals were sent to the relevant ministries and departments.

Of the total number of appeals, 1,919 were received from individuals, 315 from legal entities, 1,565 in writing, 306 in electronic form, 363 in oral form, of which 103 appeals were received during a personal reception by the Director of the Agency, 75 appeals during meetings with specialists of the Agency, and 185 appeals were received through the Call-center.

Based on the results of consideration of appeals, the Agency submitted 52 enquiries to the relevant ministries and departments, as well as the regional (district, city) administrations, and 36 statutory notices submitted to eliminate violations.

Based on the results of consideration of appeals, 13 documents issued in violation of the law were annulled, and based on the documents submitted by the Agency, law enforcement agencies initiated 12 criminal cases, 5 cases of administrative liability and 12 cases of disciplinary liability, as well as measures were taken to eliminate the mistakes and shortcomings. Consideration of appeals revealed the financial errors in the amount of 30.9 billion soums.

Following the large-scale reforms carried out in Uzbekistan, and the practical work carried out by the Anti-Corruption Agency, including anti-corruption projects in various areas, the implementation of Roadmaps aimed at preventing corruption, and amendments to legislation, there has been a decrease in the number of appeals coming to the Agency. In particular, compared with 2,234 in 2022, in 2021 the Agency received 4,901 appeals, which in percentage terms means a decrease of 54.4 percent.

By areas:

Most appeals are related to the judicial and legal area, the inappropriate actions of officials, and corruption in various areas.

In particular, in 2022, the Agency received appeals in the following areas:

• 229 (10.2%) complaints against court decisions, of which:

• 120 regarding decisions of courts in criminal cases;

• 59 regarding decisions of courts in civil cases;

• 24 regarding decisions of economic courts;

• 20 regarding decisions of administrative courts;

• 6 regarding decisions of military courts;

• 184 (8.0%) complaints about the inappropriate actions of employees in education sector and violations of legislation in the field, of which:

• 94 (4.2%) in the field of public education;

• 48 (2.1%) in higher education;

• 42 (1.9%) in preschool education;

• 160 (7.0%) facts of violations of the law in the course of public procurement and tendering;

• 134 (5.8%) complaints against inappropriate actions and decisions of law enforcement officers;

• 122 (5.8%) on the issue of employment with the Agency;

• 114 (4.9%) complaints against the decisions of the Prosecutor’s Office and the lack of results regarding the consideration of appeals by the Prosecutor’s Office;

• 111 (5.3%) complaints against the inappropriate actions of the heads of certain economic management bodies;

• 111 (5.1%) complaints about unlawful actions and decisions of local administrations and officials;

• 110 (5.1%) complaints regarding allocation of land plots, land disputes and theft of land plots;

• 95 (4.0%) complaints about the inappropriate actions of medical workers and violations of legislation in the field of healthcare;

• 75 (3.9%) complaints on the fact of fraud;

• 72 (3.9%) appeals with proposals for improving legislation;

• 70 (3.2%) complaints about the actions of BCE employees and non-execution of executive documents;

• 70 (3.2%) appeals regarding loans and complaints about the inappropriate actions of bank employees;

• 56 (2.6%) complaints against the inappropriate actions of public administration employees;

• 58 (2.5%) on entrepreneurship;

• 45 (2.1%) complaints against the inappropriate actions of chairs and workers of citizens’ assemblies;

• 36 (1.6%) appeals on the gas issue;

• 35 (1.3%) on violation of labor legislation;

• 34 (1.6%) complaints about illegal construction;

• 23 (1.1%) appeals on cadastral issues;

• 22 (1.0%) on housing and communal services;

• 20 (0.9%) on making an appointment for a personal reception with the Director of the Agency;

• 19 (0.9%) appeals for recovery of compensation to victims of natural disasters;

• 19 (0.8%) on the issue of non-compliance with the terms of the contract;

• 17 (0.7%) on electricity issues;

• 15 (0.7%) complaints against the inappropriate actions of tax service employees;

• 15 (0.7%) on the issue of embezzlement of budgetary funds;

• 13 (0.6%) regarding elections in mahallas (communities);

• 13 (0.6%) on issues of material assistance and recovery of material damage;

• 10 (0.5%) on the pension issues;

• 8 (0.4%) appeals regarding joining an independent expert group that carries out a rating assessment;

• 8 (0.4%) complaints against the inappropriate actions of justice officials;

• 8 (0.3%) appeals on cases of violations in sports;

• 7 (0.3%) appeals about dissatisfaction with the lawyer’s actions;

• 7 (0.2%) on issues related to the Prosperous Community Program;

• 6 (0.3%) on the activities of associations of private homeowners;

• 6 (0.3%) appeals regarding corruption crimes;

• 6 (0.2%) on the road management and transport;

• 5 (0.3%) on the issue of collecting alimony;

• 4 (1.0%) on work with youth;

• 4 (0.2%) on the allocation of subsidies;

• 2 (0.2%) on the issue of water supply;

• 2 (0.1%) on environmental issues;

• 54 (2.6%) appeals on other issues.

By regions:

In 2022, the Anti-Corruption Agency received appeals from different regions of the country in the following order:

Tashkent city - 668;

Tashkent Region - 260;

Kashkadarya Region - 200;

Samarkand Region - 165;

Namangan Region - 132;

Ferghana Region - 128;

Bukhara Region - 100;

Surkhandarya Region - 95;

Andijan Region - 93;

Navoi Region - 89;

Jizzakh Region - 83;

Sirdarya Region - 78;

Khorezm Region - 68;

Republic of Karakalpakstan - 67;

Appeals received from abroad - 8.

Taking into account the fact that in the fight against corruption it is important to eliminate the factors causing corruption indicated in the appeals, to find ways to solve problems, to develop proposals for further improvement of legislation based on the analysis of the appeals, and to determine appropriate measures, the Anti-Corruption Agency approved the Action Plan 2022.

According to the Plan, the Agency developed draft regulatory acts on introducing amendments and additions to the current legislation, and submitted them to the relevant authorities.

In particular, considering that the current legislation does not specify the tasks and powers of the procurement commission, as well as the presence of a number of other corruption factors leading to a large number of requests regarding tenders, the Agency conducted expertise of the regulatory acts in the field of construction, during which 11 corruption risks were identified. In accordance with the proposals made by the Agency aimed at eliminating these corruption risks, the Regulation ‘On the procedure for organizing and implementing electronic public procurement in the construction sector’ was adopted, approved by the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. 46 of January 31, 2022.

Also, the Agency, together with ministries and departments, developed proposals for solving problems, changing existing procedures (digitization, simplification, termination, etc.) and further improving legislation by analyzing corruption situations and the factors that cause them, indicated in the appeals of citizens and legal entities, which were discussed at a meeting of the National Anti-Corruption Council, which approved the corresponding Roadmap. This Roadmap was submitted to the relevant ministries and departments for implementation.

In particular, taking into account the presence of a human factor when concluding an agreement on the creation of a nongovernmental preschool educational organization on the basis of public-private partnership, the Roadmap provides for the electronic signing of the agreement. To date, the Ministry of Preschool Education has taken appropriate measures and established the practice of electronic signing of agreements.

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