S. Sudan opposition leader doubts gov’t anti-corruption crusade
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June 21, 2015 (WAU) -The leader of South Sudan’s newly formed People’s
Liberal Party (PLP), Peter Mayen Majongdit has called on the
government to empower the country’s anti-graft body to enable it
address corruption-related cases in the young nation.
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People’s Liberal Party (PLP) leader Peter Mayen Majongdit (ST)
Majongdit was reacting to recent irregularities that emerged in
relation to the allocation of letters of credit, which was a subject
of investigation by lawmakers.
"You can address corruption if you empower the anticorruption
commission with powers to investigate and persecuted independently
without reference to the executive”, he said.
"The executive is centre of corruption and this where the
anticorruption get orders and refer back the cases with
recommendation”, added the opposition party leader.
He described the anti-corruption commission as a "toothless" body that
has allegedly failed to prosecute anybody implicated in the theft of
public funds meant for the country.
"All cases related to letters of credit should be addressed by
anti-corruption commission".
According to a report from the national assembly, millions were lost
as a result of government officials issuing letters of credit to
unscrupulous individuals and entities.
NEW HOPE
Majongdit vowed his party would re-establish the anti-corruption
commission and and rename it "Anti-corruption and National Integrity
Commission" with total independency from executive with powers to
investigate and persecute those implicated in scandals.
"Trials of corruption cases shall be aired on state television and
other public media and must be as transparent as possible to involve
public judgments and opinions," he stressed.
"Anybody charged will have his or her immunity lifted by the
commission, which must have an independent court," the opposition
leader further told Sudan Tribune Sunday.
He pledged his party would ensure good governance with zero tolerance
for corruption.
“PLP intends to make it very expensive for corrupt people to live
freely and enjoy their loot whether from here or outside South Sudan.
Return of the lost funds or equipment with reasonable interest,
banning of culprits from holding public offices ranging from 10 years
to infinity and life imprisonment shall be some of punishments to be
administered to corrupt officials," said Majongdit.
(ST).
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