Abuse of public funds in Jordan has reached a 'critical level': official

  • Jordan: Monday, November 26 - 2012 at 05:49

The president of Jordan's Audit Bureau, Mustafa Barari has said abuse of public funds in the country has reached 'critical levels,' due to the failure to observe laws and regulations at public sector agencies, Jordan Times has reported. The current measures to protect public funds and assets from misuse are still not as effective as they should be, Barari said, calling for amending the law governing his entity's jurisdiction to grant the bureau the status of a law enforcement agency. "By giving the bureau the authority to refer violations to courts directly, corruption could be reduced to much lower levels," he said.

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