The director of the National Anticorruption Center (NAC) will be named to post by a majority of votes of MP, at the proposal of at least 20 MPs, not based on a contest, as until now. A bill to amend the law on NAC was passed by Parliament after being given a first reading on August 13, IPN reports

The NAC director will be appointed with the consent of the commission for appointments and immunities for a five-year term, without the possibility of holding a new term.

The commission will determine if the candidates for the post of NAC director meet the requirements and will present the conclusions to Parliament.

The bill authors, a group of PAS MPs, said the adoption of this bill will enable NAC to become fully involved in the implementation of the strategy for ensuring the independence and integrity of the justice sector for 2021-2024 and the action plan for putting this into practice and to fulfill its duties in corruption fighting.