Political corruption as a threat to ukrainian national security. The article examines political corruption as one of the biggest threats to Ukraine's national security

Abstract

The current state of corruption in our country in accordance with the statistical indicators of international independent organizations has been studied. The determinants of political corruption have been identified, in particular: direct political, legal and managerial. Regulations in the field of preventing and combating corruption in Ukraine are analyzed. The subjects of anti-corruption in our state have been identified. Based on the analysis, it is proposed to add civil society institutions to the list of authorized entities to increase public confidence in public authorities, as well as for constant control and supervision. It is determined that the level and scale of corruption in Ukraine, the effectiveness of combating corruption processes largely depend on the integrity of elected officials, the democracy of the political system in general and the electoral process in particular. Recent election campaigns in Ukraine show that gross violations of democratic principles of expression of will (government interference in the election process, voter bribery, illegal court decisions) have led to the fact that most elected positions are held by persons who do not meet integrity standards. It is stated that the main content of political corruption is corrupt forms of dynamic policy implementation, abuse of power, lobbying for political and economic decisions beneficial for corporate groups, political patronage, bribery, etc. The content is also a set of different in content and degree of public danger of illegal acts committed to achieve political goals, significantly affect the formation and functioning of government and administration, their adoption and implementation of political decisions, distorting the political and economic course of the state. It is concluded that political upheavals, deepening the gap in the social stratification of society, criminalization of all spheres of public life, manifestations of regional separatism, confessional and other confrontation - this is not a complete list of consequences of political corruption in Ukraine. The presence of the above negative phenomena indicates the low efficiency of legal regulation of social relations, internal threats to both man (citizen), society and the state, and the threat of degradation of the legal system of the state. This is a consequence of the existing political corruption in Ukraine, a manifestation of the fact that the legal system of Ukraine does not meet the new requirements of society.