Corruption: Public opinion question police position

Public opinion has questioned the first place awarded to the police among the most corrupt administrations in Cameroon, by the NGO, Transparency International.

Since December 9, the NGO, Transparency International released its 2015 ranking of the most corrupt countries in the world.

From this ranking, it shows that Cameroon is ranked second in Africa behind Liberia. This shameful position occupied by the country of Paul Biya has not remained without reactions from the public.

A good part of observers recognize that corruption is deeply rooted in Cameroonians.

It is difficult at this time to enjoy a free service without having paid a bribe. This is, according to them, the result of the failure of the institutions established by the President of the Republic to fight very effectively corruption in Cameroon.

It is in the ranking of most corrupt administrations that much of the public does not seem to agree with the ranking of Transparency who hoisted the national police at the forefront closely followed by taxes and business.

Those who challenge this classification feel that the police cannot be the most corrupt administration when sectors such as finance are the prerequisite of all officials.

Transport, customs, taxes as well as the education sector give a hard time to users who wish to obtain service. Indeed, corruption in the transport sector has reached worrying proportions.

It is difficult today to enroll a student in a school without it costing fees that go directly into the pockets of the leaders. Despite the abolition of school fees in the public sector by the president in primary schools, many other costs are payable to deprive parents of students.

In the border, the Cameroonian customs reigns supreme. Despite the good results achieved in terms of contributions, it remains that the observers have always denounced the latest major of fortunes amassed by agents. That said, what they would pay in the state coffers would be only a fraction of what they would have received.

Same story in terms of tax officials ranked second behind Cameroon police. Many duplex that are mushrooming in exclusive districts of Cameroon belong to tax officials. Certainly it is not here to say that the police are free of reproach, although it welcomed the efforts DGNS to kick off this body of corruption.

There are many black sheep who continue to tarnish the image of the police. It is simply to say that the police, with these efforts of DGNS, cannot occupy the first place. Moreover, it may also have something to say about the cast of respondents.

Transparency International especially in light of the proposals made for kind of corruption in Cameroon. Among other proposals: the ratification of the African Union Convention on the prevention and fight against corruption, adopting an anti-corruption law that reprimand illicit enrichment, the implementation of Article 66 Reporting of goods, the government must put in place strict measures against corrupt police officers and taxes, making independent actions of the various organs of struggle against corruption, strengthen integrity in all jurisdictions public, protect whistleblowers and ensure the independence of the judiciary.