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Fight against corruption: Odep advocates for the strengthening of the control powers of the Court of Auditors
The Public Expenditure Observatory (Odep) supports the approach led by the first president of the Court of Auditors, Jimmy Munganga, for the extension of the control power of his institution in order to enable it to properly lead the fight against corruption.
In a press release published this Friday, September 13, Odep emphasizes that corruption is, in fact, a real scourge that dooms all efforts made for the development of the DRC to failure.
Based on the report published by Transparency International in 2021, placing the Democratic Republic of Congo 11th in the ranking of the most corrupt countries in the world, the Public Expenditure Observatory expresses its support for the project to revise certain provisions of the organic law on the composition, organization and functioning of the Court of Auditors.
In this context, ODEP demands the following:
- The extension of the competence of the Court of Auditors in matters of budgetary discipline to political authorizing officers, in particular government ministers and provincial governors, which implies the amendment of Article 32 of the organic law of the Court of Auditors;
- The explicit recognition of the power of the Court of Auditors to directly seize the bank accounts of persons responsible for serious irregularities noted during its controls and their prohibition from leaving the national territory until the closure of their files, without going through their hierarchical superiors, which requires the amendment of Article 39 of the organic law of the Court of Auditors;
- The authorization of the Court of Auditors, in addition to the conviction of fines, to order the confiscation and restitution to public entities that are victims of funds or property stolen following mismanagement, which requires the amendment of Article 136 of the same law;
- The mandatory and automatic transmission to the Court of Auditors of any public procurement contract signed at the level of the central government, provinces, portfolio companies and public institutions, which requires an amendment to Article 28 of the same law.
In this same vein, ODEP calls for the unity of all civil society dedicated to the control and monitoring of public finance governance to come together to support the Court of Auditors, which it describes as “the main and first control institution in the DRC”.
It also invites the President of the Republic and parliamentarians to get involved in the fight against corruption by facilitating the revision of certain articles of the organic law of the Court of Auditors.
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The Public Expenditure Observatory (Odep) supports the approach led by the first president of the Court of Auditors, Jimmy Munganga, for the extension of the control power of his institution in order to enable it to properly lead the fight against corruption.
In a press release published this Friday, September 13, Odep emphasizes that corruption is, in fact, a real scourge that dooms all efforts made for the development of the DRC to failure.
Based on the report published by Transparency International in 2021, placing the Democratic Republic of Congo 11th in the ranking of the most corrupt countries in the world, the Public Expenditure Observatory expresses its support for the project to revise certain provisions of the organic law on the composition, organization and functioning of the Court of Auditors.
In this context, ODEP demands the following:
- The extension of the competence of the Court of Auditors in matters of budgetary discipline to political authorizing officers, in particular government ministers and provincial governors, which implies the amendment of Article 32 of the organic law of the Court of Auditors;
- The explicit recognition of the power of the Court of Auditors to directly seize the bank accounts of persons responsible for serious irregularities noted during its controls and their prohibition from leaving the national territory until the closure of their files, without going through their hierarchical superiors, which requires the amendment of Article 39 of the organic law of the Court of Auditors;
- The authorization of the Court of Auditors, in addition to the conviction of fines, to order the confiscation and restitution to public entities that are victims of funds or property stolen following mismanagement, which requires the amendment of Article 136 of the same law;
- The mandatory and automatic transmission to the Court of Auditors of any public procurement contract signed at the level of the central government, provinces, portfolio companies and public institutions, which requires an amendment to Article 28 of the same law.
In this same vein, ODEP calls for the unity of all civil society dedicated to the control and monitoring of public finance governance to come together to support the Court of Auditors, which it describes as “the main and first control institution in the DRC”.
It also invites the President of the Republic and parliamentarians to get involved in the fight against corruption by facilitating the revision of certain articles of the organic law of the Court of Auditors.
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