Partners for Transparency issues the “Twelfth” Corruption Case Book  

83 incidents of corruption in June 2016

The supply sector is afflicted with corruption, and the parliament exercises oversight, but has not developed legislation  

Within the framework of the “Corruption Status Book” series, “Partners for Transparency” PFT issued the twelfth report, which included monitoring and analysis of corruption incidents in the month of June 2016, as the Foundation monitored 83 corruption incidents during the month, which are the facts that were revealed through investigation bodies and means Various media.

The month of June 2016 witnessed a televised advertising campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of corruption aimed at modifying the behavior and values of citizens to combat wasta, favoritism, and bureaucratic procedures of officials in government ministries, and the month also witnessed several statements by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in the direction of stressing the fight against corruption and the independence of regulatory agencies, as well as statements by officials and deputies Parliament in the same direction, except that it did not witness corresponding developments in the legislative or procedural environment, and June also witnessed the prosecution's investigation of the former head of the Central Auditing Organization, Counselor, Hisham Geneina, into his statements about the cost of corruption.

In terms of facts, the Ministry of Supply won the largest share of corruption incidents during the month of June 2016 with 15 incidents of corruption out of a total of 83 incidents, among them what was revealed by the control and security agencies of the involvement of 38 officials in the manipulation of supplies of wheat and silos, which are estimated at 315 million Egyptian pounds. Among them is a senior official inside the Ministry of Supply. As for the second place, the Ministry of Agriculture came with a score of 10 incidents of corruption, after that the localities came with a score of 9 incidents of corruption, then the Ministry of Interior with a score of 7 incidents, followed by the Ministry of Investment and Transport with a score of 6 incidents.

As for the judicial position, the report revealed that the incidents under investigation came first among the corruption incidents during June 2016, where the largest percentage was 67% out of a total of 83 incidents, followed by the incidents under trial with 17 %, then the incidents that were not investigated came with a score of 11 % Finally, the incidents that have been judged are ranked last, with a ratio of 5 % of the total incidents.

To view the full report: https://pfort.org/?p=1416