Interesting and instructive reading. Previously, these values were "written" into the souls of civil servants through education and training, they did not need to be read and were, of course, observed. Today, they have to write for civil servants, are not observed by them and are flagrantly abused. There are two types of civil servants - at work and at office. The sekond one are dangerously increasing, as are the nonsensical laws and measures that these officials produce all over the world. As a result, these laws do not serve the country and decent citizens, but crime and corrupt structures. No wonder the Whistlebower Protection Act has not been passed for years. Diplomat Dr. Jana Chaloupková is in danger of losing her job after 28 years, great for our country (she speaks 12 languages!). The Witness Protection Act did not protect her, but the criminals in the background. How long will our country be able to afford to liquidate the best of us in this way just because they have worked honestly, served the country, and would like to continue their work and service to the country? J.Š.
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Until 2014, the Czech Republic was the last EU member state with no specific regulation of civil service. Although a law which was meant to ensure professionalization and independence of the Czech civil service was passed by the Czech parliament in 2002 within a package of measures required for the Czech Republic’s accession to the European Union, its entry-into-force date was repeatedly postponed and the act never became legally effective. It was or so it seems the threat from Brussels that it would freeze drawing of EU funds until the regulation of civil service is successfully adopted which eventually moved the Czech government into action. The new Civil Service Act no. 234/2014 Coll. was adopted at the end of 2014, replacing its predecessor the Act no. 218/2002 Coll., on Civil Servants, from 2002. With the new Act entering into force on January 1, 2015, the 12 years of haggling over the Czech civil service legal regulation ended; however, only a limited number of the Act’s provisions had been put into practice by that time. This briefing summarizes the current state of implementation of the new Act, assessing the extent to which the new legislation and practice fulfil the conditions of the Partnership Agreement and achieve the goal of depoliticization and professionalization of the Czech civil service. The briefing is published at a time when the OGP evaluation is about to be released, and while the neighbouring Slovakia is undergoing a process of amending its existing cvil service regulation.2 It can komplement and “shadow” the upcoming OGP evaluation, and can also provide relevant information for the second EU Anti-corruption report which is due in early 2016. …
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