{"id":543,"date":"2013-03-17T01:05:31","date_gmt":"2013-03-17T01:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/usa\/?p=543"},"modified":"2013-03-17T01:05:31","modified_gmt":"2013-03-17T01:05:31","slug":"algeria-gets-serious-about-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/international\/algeria-gets-serious-about-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Algeria gets serious about corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00ab\u00a0Since big corruption cases are a proven nuisance to the national economy, they will be a priority for the office,\u00a0\u00bb OCRC head Abdelmalek Sayeh said.<\/p>\n

Algerian politicians on Monday (March 4th) responded to the inauguration of the headquarters of the Central Office to Combat Corruption (OCRC).<\/p>\n

Finance Minister Karim Djoudi at Sunday’s opening expressed the state’s commitment to \u00ab\u00a0stop at nothing to fight corruption or any other type of economic crime\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n

The office’s headquarters came at a time where the Algerian press has exposed several financial scandals, the most significant case being state energy giant Sonatrach<\/a>.<\/p>\n

OCRC President Abdelmalek Sayeh said that his organisation was there \u00ab\u00a0to rectify the issue\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0Since big corruption cases are a proven nuisance to the national economy, they will be a priority for the office,\u00a0\u00bb Sayeh said in a press release.<\/p>\n

OCRC is an operational tool to combat the embezzlement of public funds. It was set up in 2011 as a central criminal investigation department responsible for searching and reporting offenses to their relevant jurisdictions.<\/p>\n

The office \u00ab\u00a0addresses cases passed down by official authorities, in addition to denunciation letters from the people\u00a0\u00bb, Sayeh said.<\/p>\n

The office can refer the case to itself \u00ab\u00a0when cases are exposed by the press and have become international matters\u00a0\u00bb, he added.<\/p>\n

National Council President Abdelkader Bensalah emphasised the need \u00ab\u00a0to get to the bottom of corruption\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0It tarnishes the image of Algeria and overlooks the country’s massive accomplishments in multiple areas,\u00a0\u00bb he added.<\/p>\n

Workers’ Party (PT) leader Louisa Hanoune on Saturday pointed out the need to take firm and \u00ab\u00a0coercive measures against the individuals implicated in corruption and the need to initiate an urgent political reform to shed the light on the handling of public funds\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0It was inconceivable to overlook information that addressed scandals and embezzlement of public funds,\u00a0\u00bb National Republican Alliance head Belkacem Sahli said on Saturday calling on public authorities to \u00ab\u00a0be present in these matters in order to face corruption\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0The state with all its institutions is facing\u2026 many challenges that represent urgent demands,\u00a0\u00bb People’s National Assembly (APN) President Mohamed Larbi Ould Khelifa said on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0There is a great majority of wholesome men and women in Algeria who hold many important positions and who make sure that public funds are protected,\u00a0\u00bb he added.<\/p>\n

For his part, accusing everyone could challenge the credibility of all the institutions as well as their leaders and weaken co-operation with Algeria.<\/p>\n

Movement of Society for Peace (MSP) head Bouguerra Soltani shed more light on the issue during a recent press conference, saying that it was a complex, international problem.<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0Corruption has spread to the point that it’s structured and has become international. Certainly it’s our money that’s been stolen but the crime scene is abroad. And the perpetrator has another citizenship, which makes prosecuting difficult.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0Algerians are demanding that sanctions be imposed on individuals involved in these corruption matters. It’s not enough to get a news story, you need to go further and judge all the people responsible for the embezzlement of public funds,\u00a0\u00bb customs worker Nadjet Merabet told Magharebia.<\/p>\n

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\u00ab\u00a0Since big corruption cases are a proven nuisance to the national economy, they will be a priority for the office,\u00a0\u00bb OCRC head Abdelmalek Sayeh said. Algerian politicians on Monday (March 4th) responded to the inauguration of the headquarters of the Central Office to Combat Corruption (OCRC). Finance Minister Karim Djoudi at Sunday’s opening expressed the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":544,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[42,49],"tags":[122],"class_list":["post-543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-diaspora","category-news-diaspora","tag-corruption"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/algerienetwork.com\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}