Deputy “volunteering” as a corruption factor in local government bodies and one of the threats to the national security of Ukraine

Abstract

This scientific article considers issues related to the volunteer activities of deputies of local councils, identifies problems that determine the commission of corruption offenses in this regard, as well as developed appropriate scientifically sound and tested by foreign experience measures to eliminate the causes and conditions, that contribute to this socially dangerous phenomenon. The dialectical interrelation of this type of corruption offenses with the determinants of general corruption is also proved and the necessity of their overcoming is substantiated, taking into account the increased public danger of actions committed by deputies of local councils representing and without using their powers contrary to the law. In addition, this article links corruption offenses that occur during parliamentary «volunteering» with the causes and conditions that give rise to sources of encroachment on national security, in particular, by undermining the authority of the state and local governments of Ukraine as holders of power. in Ukraine, as well as reducing the level of protection of national interests in various areas of deputy activity.

Thus, it is stated that there is a complex applied problem that needs to be solved, including at the scientific level. Based on the fact that this problem in this approach has not yet been studied by scientists, and therefore, it is relevant and such that is theoretical and practical in nature, and requires a separate scientific research, including the dissertation level. It is in this context that the content of this scientific article is formed and the arguments that are directly related to this research topic are presented in this regard. It was noted that the methodological basis for the preparation of this work were not only and not so much the relevant work of domestic and foreign experts, including Candidate's and Doctoral dissertations are defended on this topic, as well as modern information sources - Internet publications and other similar electronic resources, in which the subject of research is informational and national security of Ukraine. Moreover, this scientific article is also based on the empirical materials collected by its authors on the activities of volunteer deputies and the current state of national security of our state. Based on the results of the analysis, the author's position on the ways and directions of solving existing problems is formulated and the conclusion is made that the fight against corruption in government, as a source of encroachment on national security in Ukraine, should begin with reforming and changing the motivation of local self-government authorities, including in the context of deputy «volunteering».