The National Corruption Prevention Agency stated that during the adoption in the second reading of the draft law No. 5655 “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on Reforming the Sphere of Urban Development”, that the agency’s comments were not fully taken into account by the Verkhovna Rada Committee. This is stated in the letter of response of the NACP to the question of the National Union of Architects of Ukraine.

In particular, the NAPC emphasized that the law actually introduces "

In particular, Andrey Vishnevsky, Deputy Chairman of the NACP, stated in a letter that the agency had never campaigned either for or against the adoption of the draft Law, "

“Secondly, representatives of the National Agency did not take part in the meeting of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on the organization of state power, local self-government, regional development and urban planning on December 8 and in the plenary meeting of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on December 13, at which the draft Law was considered, and its.

Therefore, despite the dissemination of information about taking into account the comments and recommendations of the NAPC, the National Agency still does not have the opportunity to draw final conclusions about the degree of consideration of its comments and recommendations,” the letter says..

At the same time, Vishensky noted that “in the version of the text of the draft Law of 09. 12. 2022 most of the comments and recommendations were taken into account"

At the same time, he calls the main drawback of the bill the lack of openness in its development in violation of the principle of transparency and consideration of public opinion..