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President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has said that the launch of the electronic declaration of government officials’ assets is another important step in creating a new, modern structure in the struggle against corruption in Ukraine.

“Without a doubt, the launch of the electronic declaration is a revolutionary step that will forever divide the civil service system into “before” and “after” its introduction,” Poroshenko wrote on his Facebook page on Wednesday after the State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection issued a compliance certificate of complex information protection system of a single registry of electronic declarations and NACP had approved the launch of the registry of electronic declarations on September 1, 2016.

“Moreover, I consider myself one of the authors of this system. And it took a lot of effort for me to convince (parliament) deputies, factions leaders to support its creation, and then coordinate the technology in every detail with our European partners,” the president of Ukraine wrote.

He also noted that “he had to intervene in overcoming technical problems and take full system start under his personal control two weeks ago.”

Ukrainian President thanked everyone involved in the system start-up.

“We are taking another important step in creating a new modern structure in the fight against corruption, and that is important – in the design of preventive mechanisms,” Poroshenko said.