The electronic public procurement system, Prozorro, which over the last two and a half years revolutionized public procurement in Ukraine, has drained the traditional corruption swamp and become a real headache for many.
On the one hand, there are state customers, long used to non-transparent procurement. On the other hand, there are populist politicians initiating and pushing through parliament legislation such as “Buy Ukrainian, Pay Ukrainians” that would effectively kill the system. Besides, the government has become alarmed, dissatisfied with the blocking of tenders by the Antimonopoly Committee.
