Head of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) Natalia Korchak has supported the bill, which excludes public activists from the list of subjects of electronic declaration.

"NACP supports the proposed changes regarding the exclusion of the obligation to file a declaration for public activists, persons receiving funds and property as part of the implementation in Ukraine of programs or projects of technical assistance or other assistance, including irrevocable one, in the field of preventing and combating corruption," the NACP's press service quoted her as saying at a meeting with members of the Venice Commission and head of the Democratization Department of the OSCE/ODIHR Office on Thursday, February 1.

She recalled that the NACP had approved the conclusion to the draft law as early as August 2017 with certain remarks to certain provisions not related to the reporting of public organizations.

According to Korchak, the national agency is more interested than others in ensuring that the issue of declarations being submitted by social activists was clearly specified and resolved as soon as possible.

"Given that the next stage of submission of electronic declarations will last until April 1 this year, we hope that people's deputies will support these changes," she said.

As reported, bill No. 6172 on amending certain laws of Ukraine on the specifics of financial control of certain categories of officials was passed by the Verkhovna Rada on March 23, 2017 and signed by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on March 27, 2017. This document exempts servicemen of the rank and file, sergeant, sergeant corps, junior officers from the obligation to file e-declarations. At the same time, the bill obliges individuals who receive funds and/or property for anti-corruption activities, in particular, heads of relevant public organizations, members of public councils under state agencies, candidates for elected offices, to file data on property and income.

On July 10, 2017, Poroshenko submitted a package of bills regarding the abolition of e-declaration for anti-corruption public organizations to the Verkhovna Rada for consideration.