The new text of a Ukrainian law on civil service may foresee the separation of political and administrative posts in government agencies and the introduction of the posts of state secretaries, Head of the Main Department of the Civil Service of Ukraine Tymofiy Motrenko has said.
"The new law [on the civil service] has been drafted and is at the Cabinet of Ministers. The main innovation in it is a section on political and administrative posts, the introduction of the posts of state secretaries and the transfer of the responsibility of civil servants for the execution of their duties from the provisions of the Labor Code to this law," he said at a briefing in Kyiv on Tuesday.
Motrenko noted that the law could be considered at a government meeting and submitted to parliament during administrative reform.
"It [the bill] has already passed [legal] examination and is at the Cabinet of Ministers. The Cabinet of Ministers should consider it, but it will not be considered before the start of administrative reform. It is believed that it would be logical if it is part of administrative reform," he added.
As reported, Minister for the Cabinet of Ministers Anatoliy Tolstoukhov said in early June 2010 that in the context of a new strategy for public personnel policy, Ukraine was considering the introduction of the institution of state secretaries – the chief of secretariats or staff managers.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych said that a decision on administrative reform would be taken this year and that the funds for implementing it would be foreseen in the state budget for 2011.
The head of state said earlier that administrative reform would foresee the elimination of duplicated functions, primarily in the executive branch of government.
