Newspapers everywhere sells propaganda & its own agenda, Why it should be different here? What I really find amusing is that English local dailies have went too far in the self-censoring thing (unlike the Arabic dailies) ;)
Speaking of corruption, I think when compared to other countries in the middle east (and that’s including Israel) Qatar now is the least corruptible. I’m speaking about the government entities level here.
As all government offices( Whether Authorities or ministries) has its own internal audit that reports to the Managing director or Minister directly & it’s been monitored by the Government audit bureau. Unfortunately , Audit bureau role is not pro-active & comes only after final stages of government running projects & previous ministries Annul Budgets allocation
I don’t want to point fingers, but most corruption discovered cases were of mid-level management who are expatriates. This is well documented by both the public prosecutor & Audit bureau
When it comes to corruption, I think the biggest challenge that the public prosecutor face is abuse of power & conflict of interest. Where in many cases Mid-level Managers recruit their own relatives & allow own private companies in government tenders.
I mean , how do they explain a manager (expat) that recruited his wife as a head of division in the Satellite TV channel they work for (can they be more obvious!!!)
Newspapers everywhere sells propaganda & its own agenda, Why it should be different here? What I really find amusing is that English local dailies have went too far in the self-censoring thing (unlike the Arabic dailies) ;)
Speaking of corruption, I think when compared to other countries in the middle east (and that’s including Israel) Qatar now is the least corruptible. I’m speaking about the government entities level here.
As all government offices( Whether Authorities or ministries) has its own internal audit that reports to the Managing director or Minister directly & it’s been monitored by the Government audit bureau. Unfortunately , Audit bureau role is not pro-active & comes only after final stages of government running projects & previous ministries Annul Budgets allocation
I don’t want to point fingers, but most corruption discovered cases were of mid-level management who are expatriates. This is well documented by both the public prosecutor & Audit bureau
When it comes to corruption, I think the biggest challenge that the public prosecutor face is abuse of power & conflict of interest. Where in many cases Mid-level Managers recruit their own relatives & allow own private companies in government tenders.
I mean , how do they explain a manager (expat) that recruited his wife as a head of division in the Satellite TV channel they work for (can they be more obvious!!!)