Since November 11, deputies and senators have gathered in the Cameroonian capital for one of the three parliamentary sessions of the year. On Monday, the parliamentary network for the fight against corruption met at the National Assembly to discuss the report of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (Conac). And according to her, in 2021, the financial damage of corruption for the State of Cameroon is 44 billion FCFA.
According to the report of the National Anti-Corruption Commissionthe 44 billion FCFA (66 million euros) represent more than double what Conac had recorded in 2020, and this does not include the Covidgate case. On this file, the Anti-Corruption Commission felt that it did not have to investigate since the Audit Bench was already conducting an audit.
To establish the damage caused by corruption in 2021, Conac identified numerous denunciations made by mail, calls to the toll-free number 1517 or sent by WhatsApp. They related in particular to the coinage of signatures in the administrations, the establishment of false land titles, the money required to enter certain Grandes Ecoles or ” the extortion of patients in some of the public hospitals “.
Dismissals and convictions
In his presentation at the Mont Fébé hotel in Yaoundé, on November 10, 2022, the President of the Commission reported 500 administrative agents dismissed and 37 people sentenced to prison terms.
He also took the opportunity to respond, to the multiple arrests relayed by the press about certain cases “. Without naming either Glencore, the National Hydrocarbons Company (SNH) or the National Refining Company (Sonara), he mentioned “ allegations of corruption involving a multinational operating in the extractive industries sector and officials of some of our public companies “. Regarding this denunciation, it was “ treated according to the same procedure as all the others “, according to the president.
As a reminder, the firm Glencore was condemned this year by American justice and British justice. The Anglo-Swiss raw materials giant has recognized and pleaded guilty to acts of corruption of officials in several countries, including African countries, in particular, Cameroon.