The Court of Auditors promises to hunt down predators of public finances
The president of the Court of Auditors, Jimmy Munganga, announced this Thursday, March 9, the hunt for predators of public finances.
It also promises to fight against corruption whose perpetrators are recruited among ministers, public officials and sometimes shine in the award of public contracts without respecting the rules.
They expose themselves to sanctions when the time comes.
He said it on the occasion of the judicial return of the Court of Auditors to the People's Palace in the presence of the President of the Republic, the ministers who are members of the government, the deputies and senators and all the heads of the constituted bodies of the country. .
Jimmy Munganga focused his speech on the role of the Court in repressing mismanagement.
Detecting the mismanagement, the first president of the Court deplores the delay in the transmission of certain reports, the finance law voted and that on the rendering of accounts to the Court.
“These faults and so many others have been erected into management mode,” he said.
As regards the Court's annual report, it highlights the seriousness of the mismanagement.
It contains recommendations proposing certain corrections, informs the public about the management of public finances.
A second ceremony concerned the presentation to the Head of State, the two Presidents of Parliament and the Prime Minister of the annual report of the Court's activities for the 2020-2021 financial years.
EU and DRC announce deal on rare minerals like copper and cobalt
The European Union and the Democratic Republic of Congo have committed to launch negotiations for a partnership on the exploitation of rare and strategic minerals, including copper and cobalt.
A so-called win-win memorandum of understanding and a roadmap will be announced in the coming months around cooperation and investment projects in a sector dominated in the DRC by China.
The EU is counting on this partnership to accelerate its ecological transition.
In order to achieve the objective of carbon neutrality in 2050, the EU has embarked on a so-called historic shift in its industrial production and wants to strengthen its supply policy for rare and strategic minerals.
The other challenge is to reduce its dependence on certain countries like China, where these minerals are currently processed, explain EU sources.
The challenge is also significant for the DRC, which aims to develop a local value chain and a market around the battery, electric vehicle and renewable energy industry.
A position that corresponds to the EU's offer, according to Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships:
“We want to create value in the DRC, local added value.
Not just exporting your raw materials to Finland, Europe and then refining them in Europe.
According to her, the approach will be different from that proposed by other partners of the DRC, such as China not to mention:
“We don't want to create dependency, nor do we want neocolonialism.
We really want to create local value and we want to create a win-win partnership.
According to the EU ambassador posted in Kinshasa, the advantage for the DRC is also to benefit from possible support for the production of green energy for its industries.
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