In conjunction with the International Day against Corruption

Partners for Transparency issues the seventeenth report of the Corruption Status Book series  

72 incidents of corruption in November and a parliamentary split over the establishment of a national anti-corruption commission

Gad Al-Karim: The legislative and procedural environment in Egypt is still far from anti-corruption requirements

In conjunction with the celebration of the International Anti-Corruption Day, which falls on December 9 each year, Partners for Transparency issued its seventeenth report in the Corruption Status Book series, through which the procedural and legislative developments and statements related to combating corruption are monitored and analyzed, as well as monitoring and analyzing corruption incidents that It was revealed or published by various media, as the report covers the month of November 2016.

Dr. Walaa Gad Al-Karim, Director General of Partners for Transparency, says that the International Anti-Corruption Day comes this year after nearly a year has passed since the election of the Egyptian Parliament and two months have passed since its second session, yet legislative initiatives to combat corruption are still absent, noting that November 2016 There was a split between parliamentarians regarding the need for an independent national authority to combat corruption, a proposal made by the People's Representative Dr. Anisa Hassouna, and met with objections from some parliamentarians, which is considered a failure to fulfill Egypt's obligations under the United Nations Convention against Corruption.

Regarding the incidents that it witnessed, the Partners for Transparency Report revealed that the month of November witnessed 72 corruption incidents, more than a quarter of which were in the Ministry of Supply (20 incidents), followed by the Ministry of Health with 7 incidents of corruption, followed by each of the localities and agriculture sectors with 5 incidents for each of them, then The communications, information technology and interior sector with 4 incidents of corruption for each of them.

With regard to the judicial position, the incidents under investigation came first among corruption incidents in November 2016, where the largest percentage was recorded at 82%, followed by the incidents under trial by 8 %, then the incidents that were not investigated came with a score of 6 %, then the incidents that were judged in Ranked last with 4% percentage of total facts.

Geography Cairo governorate still got the largest share of corruption incidents during the month of November 2016 with a percentage of 32% of corruption incidents, followed by Giza governorate with 131 TP1T, then Gharbia with a percentage of 8% of incidents.

Dr. Walaa Gad Al-Karim said that the Partners Foundation for Transparency is reiterating on the International Anti-Corruption Day that the legislative and procedural environment in Egypt is still not sufficiently helpful in facing corruption and the good initiatives and efforts taken by some supervisory authorities, such as administrative and parliamentary oversight, need the support of Parliament. And the government, through an integrated package of legislation and executive procedures, to fill the void and gaps from which the corrupt, continue to waste public money, and the state misses opportunities for economic and social development.

The Director of Partners for Transparency indicated that the Foundation intends, within days, to hold an expert meeting between parliamentarians, government officials and anti-corruption experts in civil society to lay the first block of an agenda of legislative priorities to combat corruption.  

To view the full report: https://pfort.org/?p=1901