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Corruption is a national stigma, says President Ghani
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. .. has said corruption is a national stigma admitting that the government has not been able to uproot it from the governmental institutions. In his remarks during at the European Conference ’the way ahead for anti-corruption in Afghanistan’ President Ghani said there are certain cases and factors which are keen to weaken the government institutions. President Ghani further added that corruption a legacy of the past and hundreds of cases are lying intact in the Attorney General office. "We have re-organized the Council on Governance & Justice to become a High Council for Governance, Law, and Anti-corruption," Ghani said, adding that "Our excellent Chief Justice and newly confirmed Attorney General are already breathing new life into justice sector reform." Posted by: Fred 2016-05-06 |
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