Notes the follower of the issues of corruption that have been raised recently that they all share in being related to government procurement and auctions, which indicates the seriousness of the issue and the need to focus on them to know their mechanisms and ways of treatment.
The seriousness of this issue lies in the fact that the Egyptian
government is the main producer of many goods and services and is the main consumer of the goods. Hence, the scope of government transactions has expanded considerably, not only the purchase of goods and services required by state agencies, Goods and services), but also extends to the sixth section (investments), which is linked to all investment projects carried out by state agencies such as infrastructure projects such as roads and utilities, as well as railway, seaport and airport networks, as well as services such as transport of goods, passengers and others. Taking into account the huge size of the public sectors to which this situation applies. In other words, government procurement includes, in addition to the work of the organs of the State concerned (the administrative apparatus of the State or service bodies and localities) together with the economic bodies as well as public sector companies or Public sector companies as well as state-owned holding companies. They are joined by joint projects between the government and the private sector.
In this sense, the poor regulatory situation of government procurement leads to more corruption in light of the unequal treatment of different parties. Some are preferred at the expense of the other according to personal relationships or in order to obtain personal advantages at the expense of the public interest.
This issue is further enhanced by the fact that it is closely linked to the political and economic issues and conditions of the society. On the one hand, it reflects the existing conflict of interest in society, which lies in the existence of certain groups or individuals, which aim to achieve certain privileges or obtain some economic and financial gains through the channels of communication In the state and the government, where the legislative process is effectively controlled, and the obvious patronage of decision-making and its application in what can be called the "knowledge and close capitalist" regimes. Despite the great similarities between them and modern capitalist systems, they lack basic principles such as justice and transparency. This process has led to the emergence of some business groups or individuals who have been able, through highly interrelated relationships with policy makers and officials, to turn the scales to their advantage, making them richer at the expense of society by exploiting gaps in government procurement systems.
Disruptions in government procurement systems enable some to use public authority to achieve particular goals or interests, a major result of a particular type of overlap between power and the private sector, or between the state and interest groups present in the economic arena, an overlap that makes political standards and not objective laws or market-neutral legislation Is the driving force of the accumulation and leverage of sorting among the various competing interest groups in the market.
If corruption "is an abuse of public office for personal gain." As defined by the World Bank, occurs when a public official accepts, requests or extortes to facilitate a public tender or tender, and when agents or mediators of private companies or businesses offer bribes to benefit from public policies or procedures to overcome competitors or gain profits outside the law Applied. Corruption according to this definition takes specific forms such as commissions, bribes and tax evasion, as well as customs smuggling and smuggling of funds or disclosure of secrets, not to mention mediation and nepotism. And is therefore closely linked to dealing with governments and government procurement in trade and financial matters in general.
This issue becomes more important in the light of the characteristics of rental income resulting from the state's possession of exceptional resources or wealth by virtue of sovereignty and that it is transferred to the treasury of the state automatically without relying on the consent or cooperation of any other party in the community. These incomes go directly to the treasury without being held accountable or accountable. . Therefore, some see that there is a close relationship between rent income and poor governance and corruption, where these wealth leads to many temptations such as the presentation of government positions on individuals or the establishment of certain government tenders to some businessmen. Therefore, the interest of businessmen and investors is to maximize their benefit by dealing with governments instead of saving and investing in productive development projects. This is what Al-Maqrizi considered the root of corruption when he pointed out that the mandate of the royal plans and religious positions bribes such as the Ministry and the judiciary and the prosecution of the provinces and the mandate of Hesba and all other works, so that nothing can be reached only with the money. For this reason, every ignorant, corrupt, unjust, and proud has gone beyond what he did not hope of the great works and the great states. This is done in several ways, including that governments create a state of artificial shortages in a commodity by imposing an import ban and restricting it to certain producers. Or monopolies in specific areas for specific individuals and limiting competition. In this regard, private companies spend large amounts in an effort to persuade legislators to grant them specific monopolies. In some cases, people maneuver to position themselves in a position to take bribes, to issue licenses or to approve the provision of maintenance and others, taking into account that some of these activities may be entirely legal and some illegal.
For all of the above, corruption in government procurement negatively impacts society as a whole, leading to reduced competition and reduction of applicants to tender
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