SENEGAL CORRUPTION BAROMETER 2013: The police, political parties and justice: the most corrupt institutions

Police, Political Parties and Justice are the most corrupt institutions. In the public sector, the level of corruption reaches 90% and 61% of Senegalese believe that the level of corruption has increased in Senegal. Revelation made by the Civil Forum in Dakar last Tuesday during the launch of the Global Corruption Barometer 2013.

The most corrupt institutions. Speaking to the press, Cheikh Tidiane Sarr and Ndongo Diaw, both members of the Civil Forum, said that "114,270 people in 107 countries were surveyed." On a scale of 1 to 5, observe members of the Civil Forum "The scale of corruption in the public sector reached 90%." It is learned that the "Police, Political Parties and Justice" enthroned at the head of the most corrupt institutions with 4.1 respectively for the first two and four for the latter. "The Army with 2, 3 is the least corrupt institution in the country." The survey also points out that "citizens pay bribes, kickbacks amounting to 59% in terms of taxes, 55% in services licensing, stamp duty and registration at 54% of the Police. "The land and the health system are only concerned for respectively 41 and 45%. Moreover, "68% of respondents consider very inefficient fight against government corruption." By cons, "70% of them positively appreciate the involvement of ordinary citizens in this fight."
For the specific case of Senegal, they inform, "61% of people surveyed believe that the level of corruption has increased over the last 12 months." 25% say that "there is no change" against 14% believe that corruption has declined. According to the same survey, "90% of women believe that corruption is a serious problem in the public sector, against 88% of men." All sexes, they are "70% convinced of the importance of personal contacts in transactions and in the public sector. "
Recommendations. According to the Civil Forum, "Senegal until March 25, 2012 was in a state of endemic corruption." However, grade organization, "with the advent of the new regime, strong actions were taken in the direction of the fight against this phenomenon continues to gangrene the national economy and undermine the institutions. "Among the advances, the Civil Forum cites the" laws establishing the Code of Fiscal Transparency and the National Office for the fight against fraud and corruption (OFNAC). "But as the reactivation of the law Crei and consolidation of the powers of the Court of Auditors. Nevertheless, says the Civil Forum, the "virtuous governance is still theoretical and the majority of people judge the effectiveness of the government in the conduct of public affairs is also low." For all these reasons, the organization Mouhamadou MBodj recommends, among other things, the authorities' implementation of very fast OFNAC the adoption of the law on the financing of political parties and conflicts of interest. "and denounced" any attempt at mediation in criminal stalking ill-gotten gains, "before inviting" the State seamlessly manage the money received from the hunt. "
The survey was conducted between September 2012 and March 2013. The interviews were conducted directly by phone and internet. The survey was conducted on behalf of Transparency International by the company Win / Gia, a global network of polling institute.