As part of the International Day Against Corruption, this Saturday, December 9, celebrated by the United Nations on the theme "United Against Corruption for Development, Peace and Security", Major David Basile, Director General of the Anti-Corruption Unit (ULCC) delivered a message.

Extracts from Major David Basile's message :

"[...] the Anti-Corruption Unit reaffirms its strong commitment to fight corruption in all its forms within the National Public Administration according to the wish of the decree of September 8, 2004 on its creation. The scourge of corruption must be curbed at all costs in order to guarantee a stable business climate that is favorable to economic operators.

[...] There is a need for all sectors of national life to stand together against this endemic disease that has deep roots in the bureaucratic and administrative traditions of the country.

It is true that the responsibility for the fight against corruption rests primarily with the public authorities charged with imposing strict compliance with the standards of good governance and ethical principles in the management of public resources. But, faced with the scale of this systemic phenomenon, collective mobilization is essential to ensure the effectiveness of the struggle [...]

[...] The emergence of this citizen vigilance must be encouraged to reinforce the accountability of public accountants and controllers for the population [...] the ULCC relies heavily on this citizen awakening to be able to to boost the process of eliminating corruption in Haitian society in general and the National Public Administration in particular.

[...] In the same vein, the ULCC takes advantage of the commemoration of the International Day Against Corruption to announce the establishment of anti-corruption alert boxes in public offices, nicknamed, intended to receive the complaints and denunciations of the victims and witnesses of acts of corruption perpetrated at the level of the public institutions. To deter fraud and corruption, we must declare zero tolerance against the corruptors, the corrupt and their accomplices [...]"

HL/ HaitiLibre