YJAC Corruption Report
SANA’A, NewsYemen
Yemen Journalist Anti-Corruption, NGO, has released its first report on corruption for 2007. The report has disclosed cases of corruption in many state institutions.
The report, prepared in cooperation with Yemeni Women Journalist Without Chains, the cabinet, Ministry of Defense and Presidential Office came first in a long list of institutions that practiced corruption in 2007costing the country over YR 452 billion, according to the report. Most of the amount was granted for projects which the government has not planned and studied well, said the report.The report said the government has not benefited from assistances estimated at YR 7.7 billion due to misconduct. It said the government has been contradictory with transparency policy and has not offered explanation about what it called “undistributed costs” estimated at YR66.5 billion.
Meanwhile, the official website 26sep.net has condemned the report of “the so-called Yemen Journalists Anti-Corruption organization” on corruption cases in different ministries and other institutions”. It said the report was based on individual assessment and inadequate analysis.
The report contained moral and scientific blight as accusations against national institutions, like the Defense Ministry, of corruption have been derived from individual evaluation, said the report.
On the other hand, the Supreme National Anti-Corruption Committee (SNACC), president Saleh formed last year to fight corruption, has denied press reports that the commander of Republican Guards Yahya Mohammad Abdullah Saleh has presented a financial disclosure to SNACC .
