The Verkhovna Rada has approved the bill on the reform of the Accounting Chamber, reducing its membership from 13 to 11 members and expanding its powers.
This was reported by MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak on Telegram.
According to him, 240 deputies voted in favor of bill No. 10044-d in the second reading and as a whole.
Zheleznyak listed the main innovations of the bill:
- a competition with preferential voting rights for international experts to select new members of the Chamber;
- political and financial independence of the Accounting Chamber;
- reduction of members from 13 to 11;
- granting the Accounting Chamber powers to conduct audits of local budget funds and municipal enterprises, off-budget funds, resources received from international partners, as well as consolidated financial reporting of state sector entities and budgets;
- requiring the Accounting Chamber to undergo an external evaluation of its activities every five years and establishing a special procedure for conducting such evaluations during the transition period, among other things;
- aligning operations with international INTOSAI standards;
- creating clear parliamentary procedures in which the relevant committees of the Council must review the reports of the Accounting Chamber and monitor the implementation of its recommendations.
"This is a funding requirement of over $2 billion from the IMF and the USA. Therefore, the chances of not adopting it were zero," he added.
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