The government approved this Thursday at the Council of Ministers a package of anti-corruption measures included in the new National Anti-Corruption Strategy. According to the prime minister’s first-hand account, one of the measures announced involves the confiscation of the assets of corrupt officials to prevent illicit enrichment. Know all sizes.
Prime Minister Luis Montenegro said the package’s main focus “is on achieving greater effectiveness in prevention and repression, as well as speed in the fight against corruption.”
Justice Minister Rita Judice warned that “Anti-corruption program’ it is a “commitment” and a guarantee that it is a “realistic” agenda, drawn up “on the basis of the Government’s program in the light of dialogue with other parliamentary groups”.
According to Rita Yudice, the agenda is based on four pillars: prevention, effective punishment, procedural speed and protection of the public sector.
The creation of a mechanism for mass confiscation of assets, which may include in certain cases relief from the presumption of conviction, is one of the measures provided for by the Anti-Corruption Program.
“We want it to be possible to declare the benefit of a crime without a prior conviction, naturally, in the presence of certain circumstances,” said Rita Judice during the presentation of a package of anti-corruption measures.
Another measure the government intends to implement is the registration of a legislative “footprint” as a way of increasing control over government decisions.
“We are aware of a pilot project to register the legislative footprint of the Socialist Party. The difference will be that we hope that ours will work. We will try to learn from what went wrong,” the Minister of Justice explained. .
Increasing the capacity of the BASE portal and expanding judicial sales through electronic auctions are two measures included in the anti-corruption package.
The creation of a “black list” of government suppliers is a measure included in the presented agenda. The government also approved measures to speed up processes.
“Let’s put our hand to the wound, consider the investigation stage, processes often drag on for years,” said Rita Yudice.
The Minister of Justice assured that the government wants to “speed up the receipt of information through interaction between various government agencies.”
Rita Yudice warned that to fight corruption it is necessary to “create a new mentality and culture of social integrity, as well as a society that is more resistant to corruption.”
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Author: morning Post
Source: CM Jornal
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