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April 9, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese parliament on Saturday announced it has received 65 reports on corruption but dismissed as “exaggerated” talks of a rampant government graft. Sudanese parliament The head of the grievances and accountability committee in the national parliament, Al-fatih Izz al-Din, said that his committee had received 65 dossiers on corruption. However, the parliamentarian declined to divulge details on the cases, according to the country’s offciail news agency SUNA. Izz al-Din said that all cases of corruption would be remitted to the judiciary, adding that talk of a rampant government corruption is “utterly exaggerated.” Sudanese officials have routinely denied the existence of widespread government corruption despite public perception to the contrary. Former Sudanese justice minister Abdul Basit Sabdrat drew scorn when he said in an interview with Al-Raia Qatari newspaper in November 2009 that the government “relies greatly on religious deterrent” to fight corruption. The state’s general auditor reported in October 2010 that many government agencies refused to allow him to access their financial records. Sudan maintains a low ranking in the 2010’s transparency international’s corruption perception index, featuring as one of the five most corrupt nations on the planet along with Somalia and Afghanistan. (ST) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
