"Partners for Transparency": 90 incidents of corruption in November, and "Supply" topping the list

Haitham Saeed

Partners for Transparency (PFT) released its fifth monthly report in the “Corruption Status Book” series of reports, which covers the period from November 1 to 30, 2015, and its release comes in conjunction with the International Anti-Corruption Day “December 9”, where the Foundation launched from the beginning July 2015: An observatory to track corruption incidents that are uncovered by the media, regulatory agencies, and relevant investigation authorities, as well as follow-up on the state's procedures.

The report monitored the continuation of awareness-raising activities related to the state's anti-corruption strategy, in contrast to the absence of relevant legislative measures, and at the level of facts, 90 corruption incidents were monitored, an increase of 50% than those that were monitored during the month of October.

The report revealed that the Ministry of Supply came first among the sectors that witnessed incidents of corruption in the month of November, with a score of 36 incidents of corruption, followed by the Ministry of Housing with 7 incidents of corruption, after that came the Ministries of Communications and Health, with 5 incidents of corruption each.

With regard to the judicial position of the monitored facts, the report revealed that the incidents under investigation came first among the corruption incidents during the month of November 2015 with a score of 70, followed by the facts under trial with a score of 10 incidents. After that, the incidents that have not yet been investigated come with a score of 9 The facts, and finally, the facts that have been ruled come in the last place among the incidents that took place in October, with only one incident, which means that 90% is one of the recorded incidents in the possession of the competent judicial investigation authorities.

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