Partners for Transparency discusses fighting corruption in the president's first year

Abdul Latif Subh books

A report issued by Partners for Transparency (PFT) revealed the legislative measures taken by the President and his government to confront corruption during the first year, in comparison to the strong political discourse during the period from June 2014 until June 2015. The report of the “Partners for Transparency” Transparency "(PFT) indicated that the president addressed the issue of corruption in" 5 "official public speeches, and appeared to be adopting an" intolerant "political discourse regarding corruption and the perpetrators of crimes of manipulating public money, as well as mentioning numbers and statistics in some of his speeches, which reveals a follow-up. For the progress of cases and the work of the competent regulatory authorities. An analysis of the president's speech on the report revealed that he is aware of the impact of corruption on the business and investment climate in Egypt, which makes him raise this issue repeatedly during his meetings with investor and businessmen groups. The president’s strong political discourse on corruption is not commensurate with the limited legislative procedures. In contrast, the report revealed that the president’s strong political discourse on corruption does not match the limited legislative measures taken during the first year of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's rule, saying, “Even though the president has legislative power In light of the fact that Parliament has not yet been elected, it has not used this authority - until now - to issue or amend anti-corruption legislation to ensure that the perpetrators of these crimes do not go unpunished. The recommendations contained in the report stressed the need to issue a law to protect witnesses and whistleblowers on corruption cases, pointing out that there is an urgent need to develop a national index to measure the extent of the spread of the phenomenon of corruption, based on the scientific and objective measurement of the phenomenon with all its components, stressing the importance of the role of civil society organizations in educating citizens about their role in Combating corruption and reporting the perpetrators of its crimes. Definition of the Foundation For his part, Dr. Walaa Jad Al-Karim, Director General and Delegate Member of the Board of Trustees of the Partners for Transparency Foundation (PFT), said that the Foundation was declared in accordance with the provisions of Egyptian law in December 2014, and it respects independence and neutrality "politically" and "ideologically", and works in A framework for helping society to establish and implement the values and practices of integrity, transparency, and accountability, and its work is based on an intellectual and legal framework closely related to the international system for the protection of human rights, the assumptions of social development, and standards of good governance.

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