The Citizen

Runner-up Emotions April 15, 2017

The British newspaper, The Independent, published a report in which it stated that with the spread of bribery and corruption in Egypt, the government of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi decided to stop them, adding that the Egyptian government issues news every month about the arrest of a corrupt official.

The newspaper described corruption as breaking people's morale and giving them a feeling of lack of hope, noting that it was one of the main reasons for the outbreak of the revolution in 2011 that toppled Mubarak.

The newspaper was keen to seek the help of the vision of a number of analysts, who indicated that despite this campaign, more work must be done to combat corruption.

The British newspaper sheds light on what Dr. Walaa Jad Al-Karim, Director General of Partners for Transparency, said, that the efforts of the Administrative Control Authority are very fruitful, and there is a noticeable decline in corruption incidents.

Analysts, including Jad al-Karim, said there was a need for legal reform, including guarantees of freedom of information, protection for whistleblowers, and the autonomy of agencies charged with fighting corruption.

Jad Al-Karim believes that there must be a strong political rhetoric to combat corruption, as the president always talks about fighting corruption, and said: “We need to translate this matter into faster legislation.”

On the other hand, Kinda Hattar, Transparency International's regional advisor in the Middle East and North Africa, said that Egypt's decline in the 2016 international corruption index is partly due to "restrictions imposed on civil society and public oversight of corruption."

It must be noted here that since 2015, the Administrative Control Authority has pursued many high-profile cases, including the Minister of Agriculture who was forced to resign, and was sentenced ten years later to receive bribes, and in January, a judge hung himself in custody, a day after His arrest for corruption.