Italy needs to improve legislation
and adopt "clear and exhaustive" guidelines to prevent and
resolve potential conflicts of interest of "people with top
executive functions" (PTEFs), the Group of States against
Corruption (GRECO), the Council of Europe's anti-corruption
body, said in its latest report on the country published on
Wednesday.
The report noted that current legislation doesn't cover and
cannot cover all situations in which the interests of officials
with top executive functions could influence, or appear to
influence, the objective and impartial exercise of official
functions.
Top officials, it said, include the president of the council of
ministers, ministers, undersecretaries of state, extraordinary
and special commissioners, members of the offices of direct
collaboration, as well as members of the State police, the
Carabinieri and finance police.
In its evaluation report, GRECO noted that Italy has a sizeable
legal framework dealing with the prevention and the fight
against corruption, but that it is complicated to navigate, to
the detriment of its efficiency.
"This is especially apparent in the regulation of conflicts of
interest and financial disclosure, where different rules apply
but do not cover all PTEFs adequately", the report noted.
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