Partners for Transparency issued the eleventh report to monitor and analyze incidents of corruption in May 2016, as the Foundation monitored 101 corruption incidents during the month, which were revealed by investigation authorities and various media outlets.

The month of May 2016 witnessed the disclosure of a major corruption case, the hero of which was the advisor to the current Minister of Health, where he was arrested on charges of taking a bribe, and the month of May witnessed several traditional statements and meetings of government officials related to combating corruption, while the legislative procedures were absent for the eleventh consecutive month despite Almost six months have passed since the start of the current session of the Egyptian Parliament.

The Foundation stated that “with regard to the statistical distribution of corruption incidents among ministries and various sectors, the Ministry of Agriculture had the largest share of corruption incidents during the month of May 2016, with a score of 17 corruption incidents, followed by the Ministry of Supply with 15 incidents of corruption, followed by the local sector with 12 incidents of corruption, followed by The Ministry of Interior has 8 incidents. After that, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources have 5 incidents of corruption for each of them.

She added: “As for the judicial position, the report revealed that the incidents under investigation came first among corruption incidents during the month of May 2016, as it received the largest percentage of 67 % out of a total of 101 incidents, followed by the incidents that were not investigated by 17 %. The trial, with a score of 15%, comes last with a judgment of 1% out of the total number of incidents.

Dr. Walaa Jad Al-Karim, Director General of Partners for Transparency, said that the Foundation has succeeded so far in maintaining the periodicity of issuing its monthly report to monitor and analyze corruption incidents for the eleventh month in a row, and is currently working on developing a general concept for a combined report that the Foundation will issue in July that includes tracking the most important months. The incidents of corruption that were revealed during the last period, and what are the legal measures taken towards them, and the impact of the current legal frameworks on the conduct of these cases.

 Jad Al-Karim stressed that Partners for Transparency seeks from behind this to develop their capabilities in the field of monitoring and documentation, and to add a greater degree of depth to their reports and publications in a way that helps all stakeholders adopt sound positions on the phenomenon of corruption.