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Al-Anesi: SNACC has sent 24 corruption issues to prosecution By: Mahmoud Assamiee
SANA'A, July 28 (Saba)- The Supreme National Authority for Combating Corruption
(SNACC)
has referred 24 corruption issues to the prosecutions and sent files of officials
who do not submit their financial statement disclosers to justice, said Ahmad
al-Anesi Chairman
of SNACC.
In his speech he delivered in the opening ceremony of the second conference of Arab
Anti-Corruption and Integrity Network (ACINET), al-Anesi added that the authority
has
received 10,000 financial statement disclosures from officials included in
anti-corruption law.
He said that Yemen is like any other country has sensed early the danger of
corruption so that it put anti- corruption efforts on the top of its priorities. It
started with
implementing the inclusive reform national program in 1995.
"With the growing of corruption challenges and increasing its dangers, a need to
coordinating national, regional efforts in enhancing integrity and combating
corruption
which resulted in creating the United Nation Treaty for Combating Corruption
emerged," he said.
Adding that Yemen is like any other country sensed the danger of corruption and as
a result it established the SNACC in 2007.
Meanwhile, Head of Arab Anti- Corruption Integrating Network, the Head of Jordan
Anti- Corruption Authority Abd al-Shakhabina said the aim of the conference is to
create
a forum gathering the most significant concerned bodies in Arab countries to discuss
means of activating the national efforts in this filed via enacting a strategy from
the
practical experiences in the Arab region.
"Corruption can not be eradicated without enacting national strategies for
combating it. These strategies have to be in line with the laws and systems of
every country."
He talked about Jordan experience and its efforts in improving legislation and the
institutional framework via establishing a number of censorship corporations and
issuing
laws which organize national legislations.
Meanwhile Qatari General Prosecutor Ali Al-Marri, the official who is charged with
combating corruption in Qatar said corruption has become a tumor must be
eradicated.
" Talking about corruption was prohibited until recently but today has become
accepted," he said, stressing that fighting corruption needs strong political will.
During the two-day conference, the Supreme National Authority for Combating
Corruption launched the National Strategy for Combating Corruption.
The strategy tackles corruption in Yemen, its essence, reasons, amplitude,
consequences and trends of fighting it.
The strategy also includes the connectional and methodical framework of the
strategy and the national system of transparency and fighting corruption. Measures
to protect
against corruption and stopping its practice, rescuing the law and judicial follow
up, promoting awareness and social participation, are additional components that aim
to
coordinate efforts of the strategy.
The strategy has two main aims: To enhance principles of integrity and
transparency and to improve administrative and intuitional mechanisms to boost
accountability and
protection against corruption. The strategy has also other short and long term aims
like promoting awareness.
The strategy is based on Islamic religious, national legislatives, political
willingness and the national agenda for inclusive reforms as well as drawn from
Yemen's international
commitments with its development partners and the international legislations
represented in the United Nations' treaties in the field of combating corruption.
The conference aimed at reaching joint vision on the importance of anti-corruption
strategies, discussing the significant experiences on enacting national strategies
and
establishing consistency on working out mechanisms to censor implementing
anti-corruption strategies.
The conference aimed also at encouraging real approach considering the
comprehensive ruling and merging the sector challenges and encouraging approach to
take into consideration
the role of the private sector and the civil society.
The conference discussed in its six work sessions the United Nations anti-
corruption agreements, tools of censorship and evaluation on implementing
anti-corruption national
strategies, successful experience in drafting making the national anti-corruption
strategies and also successful experiences in implementing these strategies.
The sessions also discussed relation between national strategies and reforms of
managing ruling, boosting censorship jobs of the parliament, boosting transparency
and integrity
in public purchases, financial fraud and corruption in tax system, enhancing
integrity in public services and building confidence and coalitions to combat
corruption.
The conference came out with giving Yemen the presidency of ACINET and Morocco was
appointed as the deputy. A work program for the second round of the network has
been
also approved for the period 2010-2011.
ACINET has been established in July 30 2008 in Jordon. It is a regional forum Arab
countries work through it on enhancing their work in field of transparency,
accountability
and implementing international and regional treaties on combating corruption.
(SNACC)
has referred 24 corruption issues to the prosecutions and sent files of officials
who do not submit their financial statement disclosers to justice, said Ahmad
al-Anesi Chairman
of SNACC.
In his speech he delivered in the opening ceremony of the second conference of Arab
Anti-Corruption and Integrity Network (ACINET), al-Anesi added that the authority
has
received 10,000 financial statement disclosures from officials included in
anti-corruption law.
He said that Yemen is like any other country has sensed early the danger of
corruption so that it put anti- corruption efforts on the top of its priorities. It
started with
implementing the inclusive reform national program in 1995.
"With the growing of corruption challenges and increasing its dangers, a need to
coordinating national, regional efforts in enhancing integrity and combating
corruption
which resulted in creating the United Nation Treaty for Combating Corruption
emerged," he said.
Adding that Yemen is like any other country sensed the danger of corruption and as
a result it established the SNACC in 2007.
Meanwhile, Head of Arab Anti- Corruption Integrating Network, the Head of Jordan
Anti- Corruption Authority Abd al-Shakhabina said the aim of the conference is to
create
a forum gathering the most significant concerned bodies in Arab countries to discuss
means of activating the national efforts in this filed via enacting a strategy from
the
practical experiences in the Arab region.
"Corruption can not be eradicated without enacting national strategies for
combating it. These strategies have to be in line with the laws and systems of
every country."
He talked about Jordan experience and its efforts in improving legislation and the
institutional framework via establishing a number of censorship corporations and
issuing
laws which organize national legislations.
Meanwhile Qatari General Prosecutor Ali Al-Marri, the official who is charged with
combating corruption in Qatar said corruption has become a tumor must be
eradicated.
" Talking about corruption was prohibited until recently but today has become
accepted," he said, stressing that fighting corruption needs strong political will.
During the two-day conference, the Supreme National Authority for Combating
Corruption launched the National Strategy for Combating Corruption.
The strategy tackles corruption in Yemen, its essence, reasons, amplitude,
consequences and trends of fighting it.
The strategy also includes the connectional and methodical framework of the
strategy and the national system of transparency and fighting corruption. Measures
to protect
against corruption and stopping its practice, rescuing the law and judicial follow
up, promoting awareness and social participation, are additional components that aim
to
coordinate efforts of the strategy.
The strategy has two main aims: To enhance principles of integrity and
transparency and to improve administrative and intuitional mechanisms to boost
accountability and
protection against corruption. The strategy has also other short and long term aims
like promoting awareness.
The strategy is based on Islamic religious, national legislatives, political
willingness and the national agenda for inclusive reforms as well as drawn from
Yemen's international
commitments with its development partners and the international legislations
represented in the United Nations' treaties in the field of combating corruption.
The conference aimed at reaching joint vision on the importance of anti-corruption
strategies, discussing the significant experiences on enacting national strategies
and
establishing consistency on working out mechanisms to censor implementing
anti-corruption strategies.
The conference aimed also at encouraging real approach considering the
comprehensive ruling and merging the sector challenges and encouraging approach to
take into consideration
the role of the private sector and the civil society.
The conference discussed in its six work sessions the United Nations anti-
corruption agreements, tools of censorship and evaluation on implementing
anti-corruption national
strategies, successful experience in drafting making the national anti-corruption
strategies and also successful experiences in implementing these strategies.
The sessions also discussed relation between national strategies and reforms of
managing ruling, boosting censorship jobs of the parliament, boosting transparency
and integrity
in public purchases, financial fraud and corruption in tax system, enhancing
integrity in public services and building confidence and coalitions to combat
corruption.
The conference came out with giving Yemen the presidency of ACINET and Morocco was
appointed as the deputy. A work program for the second round of the network has
been
also approved for the period 2010-2011.
ACINET has been established in July 30 2008 in Jordon. It is a regional forum Arab
countries work through it on enhancing their work in field of transparency,
accountability
and implementing international and regional treaties on combating corruption.
