Report “24” Corruption Casebook (June 2017)

Report “24” Corruption Status Book (June 2017)

July 17, 2017

Report “24” Corruption Status Book (June 2017)

Parliament concludes its second session without approaching anti-corruption legislation

an introduction

Partners for Transparency continues to issue its reports related to monitoring and analyzing incidents of corruption that are revealed by the various authorities, with the aim of enabling public opinion, decision-makers, decision-makers and various stakeholders to form a picture as close to realism as possible about the nature of the phenomenon of corruption in Egyptian society, its trends and regulatory frameworks And the procedures related to combating them, and the measures taken towards each of them.

The current report includes a monitoring and analysis of the facts of corruption and its combating frameworks during the month of June 2017, and it is the 24th report in the Corruption Status Book series issued by the Partners Foundation for Transparency two years ago (July 2015 - June 2017), as the institution was able to maintain its periodicity throughout those years. Period regularly.

What is worth noting is that Partners for Transparency is planning to develop the Corruption Status Book reports with the aim of introducing improvements to the monthly reports to keep pace with the changes and meet the concerned parties' need for information that helps to adopt effective policies in the fight against corruption, and report No. 25 will be issued committed to the new form and content.

Analysis of legislative and procedural developments during June 2017:

By the end of June 2017, the Egyptian parliament ended its second session without completing a set of legislative proposals related to combating corruption, despite the fact that a number of representatives had already submitted positive perceptions and drafts that could be built upon, in addition to the interested and active people expecting more positive legislative performance in terms of It is related to combating corruption and developing legal systems that help in this. They called on Parliament to enact a package of important laws, such as the law regulating the circulation of information, the law of the Anti-Corruption Coordination Body, the Law on the Protection of Whistleblowers and Witnesses.

Wasting the second session of Parliament without approaching the necessary legislation to combat corruption and promote transparency, integrity and accountability reveals the gap between the state apparatus regarding the nature of interest in the phenomenon of corruption and the seriousness in combating it, and it is the gap whose features are evident from the following: -

1 - The efforts made by the Administrative Control Authority without a “legislative back” appear to be forces that support it, as the commission still relies mainly on the political support it received from the president, while the parliament did not play its role in supporting the commission by reforming legislation and providing an anti-corruption legal environment.

2 - There is a clear gap between the political rhetoric related to combating corruption, which is repeated frequently by the President and some executive leaders, and legislative behavior (whether at the level of submitting government legislation to parliament or the parliament’s initiative to discuss proposals submitted by its representatives), as the elapsed session He did not witness the introduction or discussion of any of the essential anti-corruption laws.

3- The oversight role of Parliament during its second session was characterized by extreme weakness compared to the first session which witnessed the Parliament's success in exploding the issue of corruption in wheat supplies, an issue that led to the resignation of the former Minister of Supply and the submission of a large number of those involved to investigation and trial.

And from Positive aspects In the parliamentary performance during the month of June 2017, the approval of the Legislative and Constitutional Affairs Committee on Egypt's accession to the African Union Convention for Preventing and Combating Corruption, which entered into force as of 2006, and Egypt is the 38th country to ratify the convention. Otherwise, some representatives submitted requests for briefing related to some issues. Corruption or proposals to activate the role of some regulatory bodies, and the most important of these requests and suggestions are as follows: -

A request submitted by Representative Sherine Farrag and signed by 52 deputies to assign the Central Auditing Agency to prepare a report that includes examining grants, loans, agreements and foreign projects for the Ministry of Environment and its affiliated agencies.
A briefing request submitted by MP Khaled Abdel Mawly, Secretary of the Transportation Committee, addressed to Dr. Sherif Ismail, Prime Minister and Engineer Tariq Al Mulla, Minister of Petroleum, regarding corruption in the General Petroleum Company, in the case of leasing 40,000 meters to the "Magawish" company for 35 piasters.
A briefing request submitted by MP Saeed Hassassin addressed to Prime Minister Sherif Ismail, Dr. Hisham Al Sharif, Minister of Local Development, and Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, Minister of Housing, on the collapse of real estate in Egypt
A briefing request submitted by Deputy Yusra Al-Assiouty addressed to Dr. Ahmed Emad El-Din, Minister of Health, regarding financial and administrative violations at Mansheyet El-Bakry General Hospital.
A briefing request submitted by MP Atef Makhlif regarding the Minister of Business Sector Dr. Ashraf Al-Sharqawi facilitating the sale of partnership operations on the Ministry's lands at a low price.
A briefing request submitted by MP Ahmed Sharmoukh to the Prime Minister and Minister of Housing regarding the stoppage of the sewage project in many villages of Mallawi Center in Minya Governorate.

In another context separate from the negative legislative performance related to combating corruption, the month of June witnessed the launch of an advertising campaign to raise awareness and motivate to play a positive role in combating corruption under the auspices of the Administrative Control Authority, a campaign that was well received and popularized, and it is important to study its repercussions and effects in a scientific and systematic manner during the period. Next, and working on its development, continuity and diversification of its tools and messages.

The month of June 2017 also witnessed the issuance of some important ministerial statements related to some aspects of combating corruption, especially with regard to the investment climate, business environment, industry and localities. The most prominent statements are as follows: -

Dr. Sahar Nasr, Minister of Investment and International Cooperation, said during her meeting with the representative of the United Nations Regional Office on Crime and Drugs for Africa and the Middle East that the government adopts anti-corruption measures within its economic and social program and the state's response to corruption in all its forms in various fields and sectors as it poses a threat not only to development and prosperity efforts. Also for its security and stability
The Minister of Local Development stated that a sector was created to combat corruption through the Inspection and Supervisory Follow-up Authority at the Ministry of Local Development to follow up complaints and monitor financial and administrative violations in the governorates, noting that the inspection body has a disciplinary character.
Eng. Tarek Kabil, Minister of Trade and Industry, stated during his speech before the activities of the "Integrity Initiative" conference organized by the Egyptian Association of Young Businessmen in cooperation with the United Nations Global Compact, that it is necessary to promote and spread the principles and practices of transparency and integrity, and the concerted efforts of the private and public sectors to face the challenges related to corruption. Pointing out that corruption hinders sustainable development processes, reduces investment opportunities, and reinforces the loss of confidence in the state's public and private institutions.

Monitoring and classifying incidents of corruption during June 2017

First: Distribution of corruption incidents according to sectors:

Monitoring results revealed that the month of June 2017 witnessed 56 incidents of corruption, as the catering, health and local sectors accounted for nearly 54% of the total incidents, with a total of 30 incidents in the three sectors, which is consistent with the general results reported two years ago.

5 ministries, namely, Education, Interior, Endowments, Agriculture and Higher Education, acquired approximately 30% from corruption incidents during the month of June 2017, while the ministries of Irrigation and Water Resources, Electricity, Transport, Trade and Industry, Culture, Civil Aviation, Petroleum, Justice, collectively, Approximately 16% incidents of corruption with a balance ranging from two incidents to one incident per sector.

Second: Distribution of corruption incidents according to the position of the case:

Monitoring data during June 2017 revealed that The incidents that are subject to investigation came in the first place among corruption incidents during June 2017, where the largest percentage was recorded at 73%, followed by the cases under trial with a rate of 20%, then the incidents that were judged by the rate of 5 %, and finally the incidents that were not investigated in the last place with a rate of 2%

Third: The distribution of corruption incidents according to the governorates:

Geographically, the data indicate that the Cairo governorate alone acquired about 30% of corruption incidents during the month of June 2017 (17 incidents). This may be due to the concentration of administrative headquarters and offices of all sectors and ministries in the capital, while the data indicate that the governorates of Giza, Alexandria, Qalyubia, Menoufia and the Red Sea have taken place together. About 35% incidents of corruption, with a total of 20 incidents, while the remaining percentage (approximately 35%) was distributed to the governorates of Beheira, Dakahlia, Beni Suef, Assiut, Damietta, Qena, Kafr El Sheikh, Sharkia, Sohag and, Ismailia, Port Said, Minya, and Suez with a total of 19 Occurrence.

Incidents of corruption that were recorded during June 2017:

The first public attorney for the Alexandria prosecution received a complaint against the Prime Minister, the Minister of Civil Aviation, the Governor of Alexandria, and the current president of the Holding Company for Airports “in their capacity” accusing them of wasting 300 million pounds and selling the Nozha airport. (Vito -1 June 2017)
The Supreme Disciplinary Court ruled to refer 3 officials in a corruption case worth 30 million euros to the Disciplinary Court at the Ministry of Education after it was proved that the three defendants do not occupy leadership positions in antiquities (Al-Shorouk -2 June 2017)
Security forces have removed 7 cases of encroachment on agricultural lands in Qalyubia (Vito -2 June 2017)
A judicial report issued by the Administrative Prosecution revealed that 48 million pounds were wasted in the implementation of works to develop and beautify streets and squares in the Menoufia Governorate. (Al-Youm Al-Sabea - 3 June 2017)
The Supply Investigation Department managed to seize 170 reinforced microchips, which were tampered with by a bakery owner in South Port Said. (Al-Youm Al-Sabea - June 5, 2017)
Supply Investigations managed to seize 75 tons of subsidized flour from bakeries before they were sold on the black market (Al-Youm Al-Sabea - June 5, 2017).
The Supreme Disciplinary Court issued a ruling to punish 4 officials of the "Misr Petroleum" company after it was proven that they committed serious financial irregularities that resulted in wasting EGP 12 million. (Al-Youm Al-Sabea - June 5, 2017)
Supply Investigations managed to arrest the owner of a slaughterhouse in Bulaq Al Dakrour in Giza for possessing 500 kilos of unidentified and spoiled chicken before it was put on the market. (Al Youm Al Sabea - 5 June 2017)
The Red Sea security forces removed 86 buildings and walls, with a total of 20 thousand square meters, in Hurghada, which encroach on state property. (Vito -5 June 2017)
Counselor Ali Muhammad Rizk, Chairman of the Administrative Prosecution Authority, ordered that both a security specialist at the branch of the General Authority for Adult Education in the Red Sea and the Director of the General Authority for Adult Education in the Red Sea were previously referred to disciplinary trials for the charges of abuse of influence and falsification of documents attributed to them. (Al-Youm Al-Sabah - 6 June 2017)
Counselor Ali Rizk ordered the head of the Administrative Prosecution Authority to refer the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Endowments and leave officials to the Supreme Disciplinary Court after it was proven that they committed grave financial and administrative violations (Al-Youm Al-Sabea - June 6, 2017).
The Oseem Prosecutor's Office ordered the imprisonment of two police officers and three employees of the Electricity Investigation Department for 15 days pending investigations, accusing them of embezzling the fines money in the Oseem area, forgery, and willfully damaging public money (Al-Youm Al-Sabe - 6 June 2017).
The Supply Investigations in Alexandria managed to seize spoiled meat at a mobile port (Vito - June 6, 2017).
The security forces arrested the director of Al-Moski neighborhood housing and the organization director for exploiting their job and profit and causing a waste of one and a half million pounds of public money by issuing violating licenses. (Vito-7 June 2017)
The Supreme Disciplinary Court ruled to punish the principal of the Naseer Boys School for Basic Education in Sohag, after it was proven that he had tampered with the result record, which resulted in the theft of the school. (Vito - 7 June 2017)
Dr. Ahmed Bayoumi, President of Sadat University, announced the continuation of investigations into an incident of waste of public money in the faculties of “Tourism, Hotels, Law, and Commerce” and the existence of irregularities in them, and confirmed that there are many reasons that called for investigations, and they will not be revealed until after they are completed, as he pointed out Forming a committee from the Faculty of Law to investigate facts and irregularities, and it includes in its membership Dr. Hussam El-Din Mohamed, Professor Emeritus in the Criminal Law Department of the Faculty of Law, and Dr. Muhammad Mohieddin, Emeritus Professor at the Faculty of Law (Masrawy - June 7, 2017)
An assistant professor of pedagogy at the University of Suez Canal edited a statement in which he accused the president of Suez Canal University of covering up corruption and wasting public money (People of Egypt - June 8, 2017).
The Supreme Disciplinary Court ruled to punish 4 officials of the Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources after it was proven that they wasted public money (Al-Shorouk - 9 June 2017)
The report of the Central Auditing Agency during the periodic review of the fixed assets of the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company in Minya “Central Egypt Region” revealed that the company had constructed an administrative building for the company in the industrial zone at a cost of EGP 13 million and that the building had not been used since its construction was completed in May 2013. (Al-Masaa Al-Youm - June 10, 2017)
Supply Investigations managed to thwart the attempt of bakery owners to smuggle 70 tons of subsidized flour to the black market. (Day 7 - June 10, 2017)
Supply Investigations managed to seize 450 kilograms of subsidized agricultural fertilizers before they were sold on the black market in Beheira. (Al Youm Al Sabea - June 10, 2017)
The security forces were able to implement the decisions to remove 24 cases of encroachment on the Nile River in Zarqa, Damietta (Al-Youm Al-Sabea - June 10, 2017)
The Prosecutor of Imbaba and Kerdasa Center decided to imprison an official in the Financial Settlements Department of the Smart Company, which is responsible for the bread system and the operation of ration cards, for 15 days pending investigations for accusing him of embezzling one million and 200 thousand. (Al-Youm Seven - 11 June 2017)
The Qena Supply Investigations Department issued reports against 9 bakeries for their disposal of 13,000 kilos of subsidized flour (Al-Youm Al-Sabea - 12 June 2017).
The head of the Administrative Prosecution Authority ordered the referral of a radiologist at Hurghada General Hospital to disciplinary trial for accusing him of wasting public money by destroying the hospital's x-ray machine at a cost of EGP 971,000 (Sada al-Balad - June 12, 2017).
The Administrative Prosecution decided to refer 15 officials in Qalyubia Governorate to trial after it was proven that they committed serious financial and administrative violations and that they had seized public money in the form of rewards, remuneration incentives, and transportation allowances in violation of the law. (Al-Youm Al-Sabea - 12 June 2017)
The Public Prosecutor for the Public Prosecutions of South Dakahlia ordered the detention of 12 employees of the engineering department of the local unit of Tammy Al-Amedou Center in the Agricultural Department of the center for four days pending investigations. For accusing them of fraud and fraud in the licensing business. (Al-Youm Al-Sabea - 12 June 2017)
The Attorney General of Beni Suef Prosecution offices decided to detain a police officer from the Central Prison Force to exploit his influence and seize one million and 800 thousand pounds and defraud a citizen under the pretext of buying 12 acres in the village of Al-Maimoun in Al-Wusta district (Al-Masry Al-Youm - June 13, 2017)
Supply Investigations managed to seize 1,200 kilograms of frozen expired liver that is not suitable for human consumption in New Salhia City (Al-Masry Al-Youm - June 13, 2017)
The Governor of Damietta referred the complaint of a citizen in Kafr Saad to the Administrative Prosecution for investigation, in which the members of the Board of Directors of the Agricultural Cooperative Society in the area of Inspection Thani Kafr Saad are harmed for exploiting their authority, as well as financial corruption at the Al-Marabeen Association (Al-Youm Al-Sabea - 13 June 2017).
The State Council's Supreme Disciplinary Court issued its verdict in the case of the book “The Personality of Egypt” in which officials from the leaders of the General Authority for Cultural Palaces are accused for having contracted with Abdel-Azim Hamdan, the older brother of the late writer Gamal Hamdan, to exploit the literary right of his book “The Personality of Egypt” and deal with him alone Without a power of attorney from the rest of the heirs (Al-Wafd - June 13, 2017)
The Supply Investigations Department managed to foil an attempt by bakery owners to smuggle 19 tons of flour to the black market (Al Youm Al Sabea - 14 June 2017).
The Supply Investigations Department managed to thwart the smuggling of 6,000 liters of subsidized petroleum products to the black market (Al-Youm Al-Sabea - June 17, 2017)
The Alexandria Prosecutor decided to detain a trustee in a custody of a fuel station in Alexandria governorate for 4 days pending investigations on charges of forgery in official papers and embezzlement of sums of money, the value of fuel that tampered with his accounts. (Al-Youm Seven - June 17, 2017)
The Administrative Prosecution decided to refer the Director of the Engineering Department in the Endowments Directorate in Menoufia Governorate to disciplinary trial for breaking the requirements of his job duty in the year 2014, which caused the waste of public money. (Latest news - June 18, 2017)
Supply Investigations managed to arrest a manager of bakeries tampering with sewage machines and seized 528 tons of municipal flour in Alexandria (Al-Youm Al-Sabea - 18 June 2017)
Supply Investigations managed to thwart the smuggling of 19 tons of subsidized flour from bakeries to the black market. (Day 7 - June 18, 2017)
Supply Investigations managed to seize one ton and 700 kilograms of meat unfit for human consumption in Cairo before it was put on the market (Al-Youm Al-Sabe - 19 June 2017).
The Public Funds Prosecution referred an official at the Endowments Authority to the Criminal Court on charges of forgery for obtaining 3 million pounds from a citizen in exchange for facilitating the seizure of a plot of land under the authority of the Ministry of Endowments. (Al-Youm Al-Sabea - 19 June 2017)
The Administrative Control Authority decided to refer 7 officials of Sidi Salem Hospital to the disciplinary trial for breaking the job requirement for forgery of official papers and obtaining rewards without right. (Al-Dustour - June 20, 2017)
Counselor Ali Rizk, Head of the Administrative Prosecution Authority, referred the first undersecretary of the Ministry of Transport and the chief financial affairs specialist to the Supreme Disciplinary Court, after it was proven they had committed grave administrative irregularities that resulted in wasting public money. (Al-Youm Al-Sabah - 21 June 2017)
The Supply Investigations in Giza managed to seize 1.5 tons of minced meat in a warehouse with papers that is not suitable for human consumption before it was distributed to restaurants, and the store manager was arrested and the prosecution was notified to investigate (Al-Youm Al-Sabea - 21 June 2017)
An official source at the General Office of the Directorate of Education in Giza revealed details of new charges that the Director General of the Badrashin Education Department and the Under Secretary of the Department face, charges of falsifying the results of the primary certificate. (Dot Masr - June 21, 2017)
The Supreme Disciplinary Court ordered the referral of the lawsuit to cancel the decision of the President of Damietta University to dismiss the Dean of the Faculty of Specific Education to the Administrative Court for jurisdiction. (Vito -22 June 2017)
Supply Investigations in Beheira managed to arrest the director of a public sector bakery on charges of disposing of 106 tons and 200 kilograms of subsidized municipal flour intended for municipal bakeries, and its circulation in the markets is prohibited (Vito - June 22, 2017).
Sources at the Ministry of Industry and Trade revealed Ali that the Ministry's legal affairs had completed its investigations into the violations of the General Division for Computers and Software, and recommended in its report that the minister refer each of Ahmed al-Wakeel, head of the General Federation of Chambers of Commerce, and Khalil Hassan Khalil, head of the Public Prosecution Division. (People of Egypt - June 22, 2017 )
The Supreme Disciplinary Court decided to punish the president of Gamasa City Council after it was proven that he committed gross financial irregularities that resulted in wasting public money. (Sawt Al-Ummah - June 24, 2017)
The Administrative Prosecution decided to refer the principal of an elementary school in Assiut to trial after it was proven that he had tampered with the exam papers for the sixth grade. (Al-Youm Al-Sabea - 24 June 2017)
Supply Investigations managed to seize 18 tons of municipal flour before it was sold on the black market in Qena. (Al-Bawaba News - June 25, 2017)
The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Supply in Qalyubia decided to close the Al-Muhandis mill in the Namul village of Toukh Center for manipulating the wheat supply operations during the last year’s season and not paying a financial fine of 50 million pounds (Al-Tahrir - 27 June 2017)
The Supply Investigation Department managed to seize 8 tons of subsidized flour before it was sold on the black market (Al-Youm Al-Sabea - 27 June 2017).
The Administrative Prosecution referred 4 officials of the local unit to the center and city of Desouk in Kafr El Sheikh, to the Supreme Disciplinary Court for violating laws and violating the requirements of job duty. (Al-Bawaba News - 28 June 2017)
The President of the Cairo Court of Appeal and the Investigative Judge delegated in the corruption cases of the Ministry of Agriculture decided to refer a former President of the Court of Appeal, the President of the Social Association of the Court of Appeal Advisors, the Director General of the Fishermen Association on the run, to the Criminal Court, for having seized 8 million, 45 thousand and 747 pounds of funds and the president of the association Social Advisors to Courts of Appeal. (Day 7 - 28 June 2017)
The Supply Investigations Department managed to seize 3 tons and 800 kilos of wheat and fortified flour before they were sold on the black market. (Ad-Dustour - June 30, 2017)
Supply Investigations managed to seize 173 kilos of expired meat in a popular restaurant in Ismailia (Ad-Dustour - June 30, 2017)
Supply Investigations managed to seize 5 tons of spoiled meat and vegetables in Beni Suef before putting them on the market (Al-Youm Al-Sabe - 30 June 2017).