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First Anti-Corruption Iniciative in Czech Republic

5/31/2013
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For the first time in the Czech Republic, a group of NGOs have banded together to support nine important anti-corruption measures.

They are asking Czech citizens – again, for the first time – to write to their representative Members of Parliament (MPs) and ask them to pledge support for specific anti-corruption legislation. The campaign Rekonstrukce Státu, or the Reconstruction of State, holds MPs responsible for their pledges by posting their positions on the campaign website. One of the demands has already been made into law. The Reconstruction of State initiative is headed by three major NGOs in the Czech Republic: Transparency International, Environmental Law Service and Oživení.

Read more in the article on techpresident.com by Jessica Mckenzie.

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