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| Egyptian president fires top auditor after alleging government corruption | |
| 2016-03-30 | |
| [BDLIVE.CO.ZA] President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi on Monday sacked Egypt’s top auditor, who had stirred controversy by publicly concluding that government corruption had cost the country billions of dollars. Hesham Geneina came under heavy fire from bigwigs and pro-government media after he alleged widespread graft in newspaper interviews at the end of last year. Mr Sisi appointed a presidential commission that quickly concluded that Mr Geneina had misled the public by saying corruption had cost 600-billion Egyptian pounds (about $76bn) over a four-year period. In a decree, the presidency did not say why Mr Geneina was dismissed but the move came hours after the State Security Prosecution said his findings were Mr Sisi, who as army chief removed Egypt’s first freely-elected president in 2013, has made fighting corruption a top priority for the government.
...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... | |
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