Tueni: Uprising Against Corruption is Needed
State Minister for Combating Corruption Nicolas Tueni stressed on Monday that an “uprising” against corruption in Lebanon is needed, and hailed the intentions of President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister Saad Hariri to fight it.
“There are some genuine political intentions from the President and Prime Minister's side to combat corruption. The situation requires an uprising,” Tueni told the VDL (100.5).
“Many decisions will be taken during the first cabinet session and it will tackle a number of pending issues,” he added.
The cabinet is scheduled to convene on Wednesday.
Early in 2016, the Transparency International watchdog said that Lebanon continues to suffer from public sector corruption despite a slight improvement since 2014.
The Corruption Perception Index (CPI) ranked Lebanon 123rd with a score of 28 out of a possible 100 in 2015 in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index.
The country scored 27 in 2014, it said. It was better off in 2012 with a score of 30.
The CPI currently ranks 168 countries "on a scale from 100 (very clean) to 0 (highly corrupt)."
Source: Naharnet
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