REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN Paix – Travail – Patrie
MINISTERE DE LA FONCTION PUBLIQUE ET DE LA REFORME ADMINISTRATIVE
CELLULE DE LUTTE CONTRE LA CORRUPTION
REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON Peace – Work – Fatherland
MINISTRY OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE AND ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM
ANTI CORRUPTION UNIT
# A HANDBOOK TO FIGHT CORRUPTION IN MINFOPRA
A document to inform, educate and sensitize the public and MINFOPRA staff
Denouncing corruption is a responsible act 2015
# KEY PRINCIPLES AGAINST CORRUPTION
- "Those who allow themselves to be fooled by lies are more dangerous than liars; And those who allow themselves to be corrupted are more miserable than the corrupters"
- "The corrupter and the corrupt are both liable to blackmail and thus lose their independence".
- "A hard-earned penny is worth more than ten unscrupulously earned".
- "Better with righteousness than much gain with injustice".
- "And thou shall take no gift: for the gift blinds the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous".
# PREFACE
Corruption, which has been aptly described as real canker worm, poses a threat to the State governed by the rule of law, stability and security of the society, as well as jeopardizes equity in the distribution of resources. In fact, it undermines fundamental democratic values and institutions by compromising social, economic and political development, as well as the promotion of human rights.
In this regard, the fight against this scourge is a major concern for Cameroonian authorities, the first among them being the Head of State, President of the Republic, who once declared that: "We still have, I am obliged to say, a serious public moral problem. Despite our efforts to combat them, fraud, embezzlement of public funds and corruption still continue to erode the foundations of our society"*.
Pursuant to the instructions of the Head of State, the Government has set up a response mechanism proportionate to the gravity of this canker worm.
This handbook that is in line with the legal and institutional environment thus described constitutes a contribution by the Ministry of the Public Service and Administrative Reform (MINFOPRA), through its Anti Corruption Unit, to implement the government plan drafted in 1997 to combat this scourge.
Michel Ange ANGOUING Minister of the Public Service and Administrative Reform
- Opening speech, CPDM Extraordinary Congress (July 2006)
PRODUCTION TEAM
General Supervision: - ANGOUING Michel Ange, Minister of the Public Service and Administrative Reform (See Original)
Editorial Coordination: - (See original)
Editorial staff: - (see original)
Secretariat - (See original)
# CONTENT
PREFACE ... 5 I – CONTEXT ... 7 II – DEFINITION OF CORRUPTION ... 9 III – RELATED CRIMES TO CORRUPTION IV – ATTITUDE TO ADOPT WHEN FACED WITH AN ACT OF CORRUPTION V. – PARTIES INVOLVED IN CORRUPTION ... 10 VI – CAUSES AND ENABLING FACTORS OF CORRUPTION ... 11 1- At the level of MINFOPRA ... 11 2- At the level of MINFOPRA personnel ... 12 3- At the level of the user ... 13