{"id":3630,"date":"2016-08-29T11:49:02","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T11:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=3630"},"modified":"2016-08-29T11:49:02","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T11:49:02","slug":"fighting-against-corruption-at-a-glacial-pace-in-burundi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/fighting-against-corruption-at-a-glacial-pace-in-burundi\/","title":{"rendered":"Fighting against corruption at a glacial pace in Burundi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In a press conference held on 26 August by Faustin Ndikumana, the Chairman of PARCEM, the local NGO concerned with awakening and changing people\u2019s mentality deplores the fact that six years after the head of state had declared zero tolerance to acts of corruption and economic embezzlement, nothing was done.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3632\" style=\"width: 498px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3632\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-3632\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC_0016-copie-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Faustin Ndikumana: \u201cThe fight against corruption is at a glacial pace in Burundi\u2026\u201d\" width=\"488\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC_0016-copie-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC_0016-copie-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC_0016-copie.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Faustin Ndikumana: \u201cThe fight against corruption is at a glacial pace in Burundi\u2026\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<p>According to Faustin Ndikumana, it was a commendable declaration that showed the Burundian government\u2019s commitment to fight against corruption in Burundi \u201cThat day, president Pierre Nkurunziza assumed that the law would be revised to strengthen the legal instruments against corruption,\u201d said Ndikumana.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Until now, this fight is unfortunately unsuccessful. In 2013, we held a workshop in Bujumbura during which we decided that effective and strong legal framework against corruption would have been implemented since 2014,\u201d he pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>In October the same year, the ministries in charge of justice and good governance organized a governmental retreat during which the government and civil society members adopted a very important document that should have served as a basic instrument for sustainable development.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Burundi Government backed by UNDP, was ready to recruit international experts who should examine and implement those relevant recommendations. But until now, no significant strides have been made. One wonders whether this document is being implemented or completely forgotten,\u201d regretted the chairperson of PARCEM.<\/p>\n<p>For him, the government should not complain that corruption is paralyzing the situation in Burundi. One should rather engage in the fight against it. He stated that the Government should have developed the legal framework from this important document that would mark the political will.<\/p>\n<p>Faustin Ndikumana called on the ministries of justice and good governance, the government of Burundi to try to make this document a very important instrument to fight against corruption instead of continuing to lament. Where corruption prevails, it is very difficult to have development, economic growth, democracy and human rights protection, because all the sectors of the country become affected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a press conference held on 26 August by Faustin Ndikumana, the Chairman of PARCEM, the local NGO concerned with awakening and changing people\u2019s mentality deplores the fact that six years after the head of state had declared zero tolerance to acts of corruption and economic embezzlement, nothing was done. 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