Public service and politics in contemporary Ukraine: the stages of search for the model of interaction and delimitation

• Main Author: O. O. Ratsyk
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Publishing House "Grani" 2014-02-01
• Series: Granì
• Subjects: державна служба; розвиток законодавства про державну службу; політичний процес; історія адміністративних реформ в Україні; принцип деполітизації; принцип політичної неупередженості; принцип політичної нейтральності
• Online Access: https://grani.org.ua/index.php/journal/article/view/443

The author considers the approaches to the model of civil servants’ participation in the political process. The author compares political documents and legal regulations for the period from the first half of the 90s of last century to the present: 1) the laws and regulations of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, bill of People’s Deputies, 2) decrees and message of the President of Ukraine, his official speeches and bills 3) Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the Program of Activity and government bills 4) Order of the National Agency of Ukraine on Civil Service, 5) political agreements of representatives of the Parliament and the Head of State. The author concludes that three main approaches were formed and fixed in the political and legal documents: de­politicization, political neutrality and political impartiality. For the first time the principle of de­politicization was mentioned in official documents from the beginning of the modern independent Ukrainian state. It means the prohibition for political parties to create its offices in government bodies and organizations. The principle of political neutrality was mentioned in «The Conception of Administrative Reform in Ukraine» (1996).  It means the need to restrict some political rights and freedoms for civil servants, that interfere perform their professional duties. The principle of political impartiality mentioned in official documents in 2000. It means the need to restrict, above all, the right to freedom of speech and information for civil servants.