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SUCCESSFUL STEPS IN FIGHTING CORRUPTION
Ulaanbaatar, /MONTSAME/. The Authority Against Corruption of Mongolia has published the 2009 income and asset disclosure (AID) of 243 of Mongolia's highest level officials.
The international business community is encouraging the Mongolian leadership to take major steps towards transparency in an effort to combat corruption in the private/public sectors.
In 2006 the Mongolian parliament (National Great Hural) passed its first Anti-Corruption Law. The legislation requires that the president of Mongolia, parliament members, judges, central bank governors, auditors, prosecutors, civil servants of ministries, local government authorities, and state-owned entities submit their yearly "Asset and Income Disclosure" (AID) statements.
AIDs is a valuable tool used by the Mongolian Independent Authority Against Corruption to facilitate transparency and accountability. Once disclosure statements are collected, (15 February was the deadline) IAAC reviews, investigates, and analyzes them. In one case, an official who deliberately submitted a false disclosure was dismissed.
Since its enforcement, several thousand complaints have been received by the IAAC. Those with suspected criminal involvement were investigated, Several hundred cases were transferred to their respective authorities, and about 40 legal proceedings were completed.
The president of Mongolia has urged IAAC to increase its activities. "I must conclude that the performance of the Anti-Corruption agency is not satisfactory. Until today, IAAC attended only the slit and tip of corruption, not the core” – said President Elbegdorj in October at a meeting with the IAAC.
The 2009 AIDs show that some of the officials enjoy a high level of annual income. Leading the top ten list are three parliament members D.Zorigt (there are 2 with the same name on the list, this is not the minister for minerals and energy) who earned 19.2milion USD in 2009 (at the exchange rate of 1,400 togrog to the USD). Following far behind are B.Choijilsuren with 2.8million USD and E.Munkh-Ochir with 900,000 USD of income.
S.Batbayar
The international business community is encouraging the Mongolian leadership to take major steps towards transparency in an effort to combat corruption in the private/public sectors.
In 2006 the Mongolian parliament (National Great Hural) passed its first Anti-Corruption Law. The legislation requires that the president of Mongolia, parliament members, judges, central bank governors, auditors, prosecutors, civil servants of ministries, local government authorities, and state-owned entities submit their yearly "Asset and Income Disclosure" (AID) statements.
AIDs is a valuable tool used by the Mongolian Independent Authority Against Corruption to facilitate transparency and accountability. Once disclosure statements are collected, (15 February was the deadline) IAAC reviews, investigates, and analyzes them. In one case, an official who deliberately submitted a false disclosure was dismissed.
Since its enforcement, several thousand complaints have been received by the IAAC. Those with suspected criminal involvement were investigated, Several hundred cases were transferred to their respective authorities, and about 40 legal proceedings were completed.
The president of Mongolia has urged IAAC to increase its activities. "I must conclude that the performance of the Anti-Corruption agency is not satisfactory. Until today, IAAC attended only the slit and tip of corruption, not the core” – said President Elbegdorj in October at a meeting with the IAAC.
The 2009 AIDs show that some of the officials enjoy a high level of annual income. Leading the top ten list are three parliament members D.Zorigt (there are 2 with the same name on the list, this is not the minister for minerals and energy) who earned 19.2milion USD in 2009 (at the exchange rate of 1,400 togrog to the USD). Following far behind are B.Choijilsuren with 2.8million USD and E.Munkh-Ochir with 900,000 USD of income.
S.Batbayar
