Al Malki: We are looking forward to a strategic partnership with the private sector in the fight against corruption

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In a public lecture Asharqia Chamber
        The  Head of the National Committee for the Protection of the Integrity and Anti-Corruption Branch (integrity) in the Eastern Province Abdulkarim bin Saleh Al Malki on the keenness of the Committee to make a strategic partnership with the private sector to protect the integrity and  fighting corruption,
    This was in a public lecture held on Monday (6 / February / 2017)  Asharqia Chamber titled (the role of the National Committee in fighting Corruption and achieving integrity, transparency and mechanisms to  enhance cooperation between them and the private sector), he pointed that the national strategy to  fight the corruption and preserve the integrity urges the commercial and industrial chambers to prepare plans and programs to raise awareness among businessmen and traders of the dangers of corruption, its causes, and presenting their views about the financial and commercial systems and falls under these mechanisms establishing the principle of transparency and clarity with them, and work to clarify the government procurement contracts measures, public institutions and contributing companies.
    Al Malki explained corruption is a behavior of violation of any of the rules and regulations imposed by the system, which, is corrupted, like all behaviors that threatens the public interest, by betraying  and self interest over the public interest, as well as the abuse of public office for private gain, all of this is considered a corruption which is the Committee is trying to fight pointing that corruption may be administratively, financially or economically.
    He said that corruption is that the powers of workers in the public  authorities of the country, especially the government, and financial corruption is the overall financial deviations and violations of financial rules and provisions governing the functioning of the administrative and financial work in the country and its institutions. The economic corruption is caused by concentration of economic power in monopolistic entities operating in the total or sector level, and possession of a margin estimated range in the decisions they make, with weak observation, as well as corruption, which affects the economic transactions in the sale and purchase and markets, where there is fraud and manipulation and non fulfillment of contracts and breaking agreements.
    Al Malki said that the private sector is essential in reducing corruption and that several studies shows that the protection of the integrity of public sector employees require strict measures with the private sector employees to punish them in case of a gift or cash to the employee against the violation of the system, he explained that the Committee approves the principle of encouraging the private sector institutions to provide the council with their plans and programs to protect the integrity and  fight corruption, to benefit from their experiences.
    He stressed that the main goals of the Committee is to provide a corruption free environment where companies and private sector organizations can practice their business in comfort and pleasure, and without the need to the additional costs, both financial (bribe) or  moral such as searching for and intermediary) for finish their business, to achieve this, the Committee looks to private sector employees cooperate in reporting any administrative corruption or financial in any entity subject to the terms of reference of the  Committee, particularly public works and projects maintenance, contracts, and any government project was awarded in a manner contrary to the system of the Committee and government procurement issued by the Royal Decree No. (m 58) date 1427/ 9/4.
    He pointed that the Committee has established a public administration to receive complaints, to investigate it, and to take whatever needed within the Committee is required, and the related regulations and directions, subject to strict confidentiality when dealing with all the communication, as the Committee has improved a number of policies and strict procedures to maintain secret identity of the person, also the Committee created competent management to review the working methods and procedures in the entities covered by the terms of reference of the Committee, with a view to simplifying and identify weaknesses that could lead to corruption, and work on them in order to ensure the achievement of the goals of the Committee and the implementation of its terms of reference.
    He stressed that the Committee greatly considers the transparency and clarity of the procedures, as the transparency of the most effective means in the fight against financial and administrative corruption, as indicated in paragraph (3) of the means of implementing the national strategy to protect the integrity and corruption fighting.