The results of the first year of the Federal Government’s Anti-Corruption Plan were detailed this Thursday (9) at an event alluding to the International Day against Corruption, celebrated today. Of the total of 153 actions scheduled to be delivered by 2025, 60 will be completed by the end of December 2021, which represents 39% of execution according to data from the Federal Comptroller General (CGU).
The plan, developed by the Interministerial Committee to Combat Corruption (CICC), brings together actions to be delivered by the government with the aim of improving mechanisms for prevention, detection and accountability for acts of corruption. “The initiative seeks to reflect and reinforce Brazil’s commitment to fighting corruption and is in line with efforts already materialized in 2019 in the Anti-Crime and Anti-Corruption Package,” says a statement from the CGU.
“For the first time in our history, we carried out a diagnosis of the Brazilian anti-corruption structure, and, based on international recommendations, good practices and the need to improve measures already implemented in the country, we generated a Plan with 142 initial actions that have now been expanded to 153, all of them linked to the competences of the bodies of the Federal Executive Power”, said the minister of the Comptroller General of the Union (CGU), Wagner Rosário, who coordinates the CICC.
The CGU minister highlighted the deliveries made, such as the publication of electronic invoices for public purchases on the Transparency Portal; the draft bill on the regulation of private representation of interests (lobbying), which was signed during the event; and the Electronic System of Patrimonial Information (e-Patri), developed to detect illicit enrichment and situations that could generate conflicts of interest.
The minister of the Federal Comptroller General (CGU), Wagner Rosário, the president of the Republic, Jair Bolsonaro and the minister of the economy, Paulo Guedes, participate in an event allusive to the International Day Against Corruption, at Palácio do Planalto – José Cruz/Agência Brasil
In a speech, President Jair Bolsonaro said that a few years ago, scandals were weekly and needed to be addressed. “The first act to fight corruption is the non-slicing of power. The greatest example we can give is choosing a ministry with criteria. We have never had a ministry with the quality of what we have today”, he highlighted.
OECD
During the event, the beginning of the Public Integrity Assessment of Brazil was announced, which will be carried out by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and will allow the country to officially adhere to the organization’s Public Integrity Recommendation.
In a recorded message, the secretary general of the OECD, Mathias Cormann, said that the fight against corruption is a priority for the organization. According to him, corruption is a threat to sustainable development, impedes the provision of public services and “weakens the values of democracy”.
balance sheets
The minister of the CGU also presented a balance of the actions of the folder. According to the CGU, in 2021, the government signed a leniency agreement with five companies, totaling R$ 1.77 billion – an amount that will be returned to Brazil.
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According to Rosário, this year until November, 113,000 requests were made based on the Access to Information Law. The reduction in response time was significant: from 15.36 days in 2017 to 12.04 days in 2021. The increase in citizen satisfaction with the service improved, and went from 3.64 in 2017 to 3.85 in 2021 .
“We are fulfilling the determination given at the beginning of the government: to strengthen institutions and create efficient mechanisms to fight corruption.” According to him, “the results are already showing. Today we don’t have a single case of corruption at the top of the federal government. We will continue to work hard with this objective”, highlighted the minister.
*With information from CGU.
