In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the justice system is working to track down fictitious civil servants, duplicates and false agents. Fraud which causes the State to lose up to 65 million USD per month, or nearly 800 million per year, according to a survey by the General Inspectorate of Finance (IGF). After the revelation of the state body last week, the banks began to freeze the accounts of the agents concerned.
with our correspondent in Kinshasa, Pascal Mulegwa
The banks were seized by the general prosecutor’s office of Kinshasa – Gombe to freeze the assets of the agents listed on the list submitted to justice.
On a document from the prosecutor sent to one of the banks and consulted by RFI, we can read the identities of the agents who were paid at the Ministry of Finance, Communication, Scientific Research and even within the judiciary. ” It’s a revolting file “, is indignant a judicial source.
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Last weekend, two former budget ministry payroll managers were arrested and transferred to Makala central prison. Others were arrested earlier this week, according to several judicial sources, which our administrative sources have not confirmed. Other arrests should take place and public trials organized, according to this official.
For the prosecution, the priority file is the repression of 961 agents who were paid on a dozen payrolls from other ministries. Concerning the 44,000 fictitious agents or the 53,000 with several registration numbers, this aspect will be dealt with after consolidation of the survey. As for trade unionists, they have reservations about the IGF report which, according to them, was not subject to a contradictory debate with the payroll administration.