16 minutes agoCorruption and lack of transparency in government, KAS: Officials engage in corrupt practices without punishment
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)In the latest report published by the US State Department, corruption and the lack of transparency in Government are cited in one of its sections. Last year's Human Rights Practices Report compiled by the U.S. Department reportedly had reports of corruption in government, including officials [...]
Last year's Human Rights Practices Report compiled by the U.S. Department reportedly reported corruption in the government, including officials engaging in corrupt practices with impunity, Pryscope notes.
The “Law provides for criminal penalties for corruption by officials, but the government did not implement the law effectively. There were reports of government corruption. Officials sometimes engaged in corrupt practices with impunity. The lack of effective judicial supervision and overall weakness in rule of law contributed to the problem. The corruption cases were routinely submitted to repeated appeals, and the judicial system often allowed prescription statutes to expire without judging questions”, It says in the report.
Among other things, there are nine charges filed with corruption, but only a small part of these cases were investigated and sent to penalties.
“Corruption: The Anti-Corruption Agency and the National Audition Office shared responsibility for fighting corruption in the government. The PSRK has filed nine charges regarding corruption since December. A small portion of corruption cases that were investigated and brought to penalties. In June, the Supreme Court issued guidelines for the corruption sentences aimed at providing instruction to courts based on the investigation of damage and the degree of guilt”.
“NGOs and international organisations claimed numerous failures by the judicial system to prosecute corruption, noting that very few cases filed against top officials resulted in penalties. The punishment of high-level officials convicted of corruption was often mild. The NGO, Hirri, reported that most sentences result in conditional or fine sentences and that only 4 per cent or 5 per cent result in imprisonment. NGOs reported that the charges often failed because prosecutors pressed incorrect charges or made procedural errors”, it said, among other things in this report./ P ERISCOPI/
