Macedonian State Commission for Prevention of Corruption: Can It Effectively Control and Prevent Corruption in the Public Administration?

This paper deals with the core preventive anti-corruption authority in the Republic of North Macedonia (hereinafter: Macedonia), which is the State Commission for Prevention of Corruption (hereinafter: SCPC). The main research question is: can and does the SCPC effectively control the public administration as per its legal competencies and does it therefore prevent corruption successfully? The final objective is to provide critical observations in terms of the SPC's functions, tasks, and powers, as well as its performance and the effects of its work, which would later allow for recommendations for improvement. In other words, the paper will indicate that a discrepancy exists. By law, the SCPC is the key authority for prevention of corruption in the public administration. In reality, the SPC's successes are rather humble – the administrative corruption has hardly been eliminated. The content of the paper reflects its object and the idea behind it. It shall pay attention to the existing research in terms of the prevalence of corruption in the Macedonian public administration (so that the national context is given), the role of the SCPC by law and its performances.