Description
This project focuses on a neuralgic topic – corruption and "poverty business". The first phase of the project focuses on electoral fraud prevention, consisting of corrupting the voters from underprivileged communities by buying their votes to support certain political candidates. On this monitoring we will closely cooperate with local activists and together we will observe the elections directly on the streets of problematic towns. At the same time we will prepare internet informational projects which will offer detailed information on leader candidates of the monitored towns and monitor estimated costs of these election campaigns. The second stage will provide analytical assessment of elections in selected problematic locations and advocacy pressure to legislation change of financing the political parties and campaigns. After elections we will continuously monitor uncommon cases of public spending on social and educational projects. We plan to deliver criminal complaints in cases of suspected violations of the law. The third phase will be associated with publishing an analysis of impact of corruption on regions with significant social problems.
Summary of project results
The project focuses on the neuralgic theme of linking local corruption to the systematic abuse of socially disadvantaged groups. So far, no anti-corruption organization has systematically addressed this issue. The project has highlighted concrete examples of corruption associated with activities of clientele groups in regions with significant communities of socially excluded inhabitants and with related phenomena such as - the deepening of the exclusion of localities, the development of corruption, the loss of confidence of the community and majority society in the functioning of the system, the growth of mutual prejudices, etc. Project addressed listed issues by proving specific cases, conducting training events, and designing concrete measures. In order to achieve the objectives, extensive coordinated election monitoring was monitored, the cost of campaigning, the control of systematic lobbying pressure on the legislative field, the disruption of non-standard money-making, the elaboration of recommendations for assistance against parasites on soc. Weak inhabitants. We have successfully pointed out electoral frauds – arousing of great interest of media and public. We have provided police with evidences of electoral corruption. One of the organizers was convicted. In several regions, the elections were repeated – some of corrupting persons were defeated.
Summary of bilateral results