Saudi Arabia declares war on bribery

Social workers, lawyers demanded that the fight against corruption and corrupt libel Palmrchen

Anti-Corruption Commission began in Saudi Arabia to intensify their campaigns against corrupt officials who exploit their positions to profit from it, after being assured the President of the Anti-Corruption Muhammad Sharif on the willingness of the body in the detection of corruption in government projects such as the use of office and bribery.
The move came after the Commission was now news the arrest of officials receiving bribes or using their position to profit illegally to be routine in Saudi newspapers; In the last week and directed the oversight and investigation of charges of bribery, forgery, embezzlement, influence peddling career, against ten defendants, including the director of a government department and 6 staff working with him in a security sectors in the eastern region, and after that cast including confessions attributed to them in achieving administrative detective.
She also drew the Control and Investigation in Jeddah, point the finger at the two main sub-municipalities in the province confirmed Tkadhihma bribe, mediate, and continue to prosecute those responsible for disaster Jeddah Department on charges of bribery and influence peddling.
Have been recently arrested official in the office to work in an area, and was referred for investigation on charges of receiving a bribe against the leniency procedures for obtaining visas, and the accused is still in detention after his red-handed.
He warned social workers, lawyers of the prevalence of bribery in Saudi society, stressing that such things are shaking public confidence in the force of law and order and demanding at the same time, the intervention of the General Authority for corruption to monitor staff performance and a question from the swells assets bank: "Where do you get this?" .. With the enactment of strict laws apply to anyone who violates the regulations in order to put an end to administrative corruption.
Bribery and Aloasithoaakd human rights activist and member of the Shura Council, the former Dr. Mohammed Al Zulfa the Anti-Corruption Commission is responsible for that file that is present strongly, he says, "Arab. Net": "the fight against corruption is one of the must be concerned with this file." He continues, "is supposed to be fighting all forms of corruption .. and procrastination in the implementation of a private business in order to obtain money or benefit .. This part of the corruption."
The Al Zilpah that the medium is a kind of bribery, but not a fee, but social, and adds: "nepotism and cronyism are part of a bribe, it is a major disaster for society, if not consolidate the culture of the Secretariat in the performance of work and seriousness it will not evolve, and should not pay attention to the son of tribe or ideological or my neighbor, if the image were not so we get into the circle of corruption and people's rights will be lost. "
And emphasizes human rights activist that anti-corruption body can have an active role in the treatment of the situation, and says: "Anti-Corruption Commission is moving, but newly created, and can play well if I did the form in which you must do it by resolution the king and by damage to people who lost their rights Bamahsubaat or nepotism and bribery. "
He continues: "We must create a culture of the society, and be written into the curriculum and the media and Nlguenh for our children, to finish the idea that things are if you have a relative in the government department, and it's done honestly, regardless of who handled".
Absence Alakabomen his part stresses the Legal Adviser Abdullah Rajab that the absence of punishment for employees bribed caused the spread of the phenomenon, and demands to reduce this defamation in public every employee Mrchi and rhythm cruel it, he says, "Arab. Net:" responsible for the matter is the subject of the account and punishment, it is Security punishment abused literature, we do not apply the principle of the account and a real punishment of sin so that each shall be punished. "
Rajab says: "We have all the irregularities at the end of the day is not a punishment because corruption is widespread, many of the officials who commit the same crime without being punished and, unfortunately, is one of the successful fight."
And confirms Recep that it is possible to fight this issue harsh punishments on all corrupt, and says: "You can fight this punishment of sin is strictly, and declare it and canceled all its services, in order to be an example for others, but as long as they are reassured that no one Siequbhm will not stop ".
Effects Mahqubl four-month study confirmed a Saudi that the effects of bribery in the country is reflected clearly on the economic development processes, so that the development projects, dilapidated, and cause corruption in the emergence of negative social effects, such as loss of confidence in social order, political, and the growing incidence of poverty and the decline of social justice.
The study of social, titled (bribery and its impact on the development process in the society of the Saudi Arabian) and prepared by the researcher Khaled Alhuzeim, King Saud University, that the most important economic causes leading to corruption lies in the low levels of wages for public sector employees, which are not commensurate with the rising costs of living and life requirements.
The study also noted that the socialization and the weakness of religious faith, come as the leading social causes that lead to bribery.
The Law on Combating Bribery in Saudi Arabia issued in 2002 on the grounds of each employee in the request for himself or for others, or before or taking a promise or gift for the performance of an act of his job or alleged acts of his job, even if this work project, is Mrchia punishable by imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years and a fine of not more than a million riyals, or either of them, does not affect crime in the direction of the employee in order not to do the work he promised, but it is not defamation perpetrators of the offense.
Also revealed a study by the Riyadh Economic Forum at its last session that 68% of investors in Saudi Arabia resort to irregular methods to facilitate their work involving bribery and corruption under the nepotism, fraud, and that about 56% of local investors believe that the judiciary is weak and business investment barrier.
The study showed that the proportion of investors who see the handling of state employees obstacle investment increased 25% from what it was in 2005, up to 64%.
Observers expect that the Anti-Corruption Commission to open files belonging to a heavy influential officials exploited their positions to make profits through bribery or illegal profiteering, and pull that what is revealed so far is not only a tip of the iceberg is immersed in the ocean.