May 4, 2021
Unions Gather Outside House of Culture
While members were out in the streets protesting, their leaders were behind closed doors preparing for a mid-afternoon meeting with government representatives. That meeting began at one-thirty p.m. inside the House of Culture Compound in Belize City. News Five’s Paul Lopez was there and files the following report.
Paul Lopez, Reporting
This afternoon, the symbol of Union Solidarity was marked by Union Leaders joining hands at the House of Culture’s gates. A mass of union members cheered on their leaders who were moments away from entering the negotiation room with government officials. Union leaders held a meeting of their own to strategize.
According to Elpideo Mutemba, the advocacy coordinator of the Khulumani anti-corruption project, the picket and the press conference took place in Pretoria because, in Mozambique, “there’s no freedom of speech. We can’t demonstrate and talk there.”
The picket successfully drew attention to continued delays in the decision of South Africa’s Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Ronald Lamola, regarding the extradition of Mozambique’s former finance minister, Manuel Chang, to stand trial for corruption – either in the United States or in Mozambique.
Adriano Nuvunga, the director of the Centro Para Democracia E Desenvolvimento, (CDD), handed a memorandum to a Mr Maceda, a counsellor at the high commission, calling for Chang to be extradited to the USA “to stand trial along with international associates who colluded with him in this corrupt scheme.”
Business leaders and civil society urge UN to take meaningful action to combat corruption
News • Paris, 03/05/2021
ICC and Integrity Initiatives International press for stronger enforcement of anti-corruption laws.
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and Integrity Initiatives International (III), along with 96 civil society organizations from over 50 countries, have called on the UN General Assembly to establish an intergovernmental working group to develop proposals for new frameworks and mechanisms to address weaknesses in current international anti-corruption legal frameworks.
Corruption is one of the underlying causes of some of the world’s most pressing issues such as climate change, the refugee crisis, and access to healthcare and education. It is also one of the leading impediments to ameliorating them. The UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) is the only legally binding international treaty focused on combatting corruption and has bee
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Bank’s assets declaration and corruption war
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Wed Apr 21 2021
Recently, Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdurasheed Bawa, made a declaration that the Bank Employees Assets Declaration Act of 1986 would be resuscitated to block loopholes created by bankers to sanitise the country’s financial system.
According to Bawa, the decision was taken due to the role bankers are expected to play in the fight against corruption, as the EFCC is mandated to ensure compliance with the Act. Section 1 of the Bank Employees Declaration of Assets Act 1986 makes it mandatory for every employee of the bank to make full disclosure of assets upon employment on an annual basis. The law under Section 7 Sub-Section 1 stipulates that it shall be an offence for an employee of a bank to own assets in excess of their legitimate and probable income.