ARTICLE - ULCC RETREAT

END OF THE RETREAT OF TWO DAYS OF THE ULCC
(Haiti Libre) -

The Unit for Combating Corruption (ULCC) concluded this weekend, a retreat of two days at Moulin-sur-Mer. An initiative of the Office of the ULCC and of the Technical Support Office to the parliament, of the Minustah. Forty deputies and senators had gathered to work on a draft law on corruption. After this retreat, the parliamentarians adopted a resolution affirming their commitment to strengthen the fight against corruption "We, as parliamentarians, present that day at Moulin-sur-Mer, are committed to engage the legislative process, and to lead it to its conclusion by adopting appropriate legislation to strengthen the fight against corruption in Haiti."

Antoine Atouriste, Director of ULCC declared after the retreat "...it was a very successful meeting. The objective was to inform parliamentarians on the importance of the mission of the ULCC, and on the weaknesses of the institutional and operational capacity of the institution. We exposed the complexity of our mission, and they understood it. They also affirmed their commitment to strengthen the institutional and operational capacity of the unit that I run, and finally, they pledged to pass the law..."

For his part, Senator Youri Latortue, President of the Justice and Security Commission of the Senate, declared "...we already have a legal framework at the level of the fight against corruption. The legal framework contains two laws, that of 15 February 2001 on the Central Financial Intelligence Unit (UCREF), and the Act of February 12, 2008 on heritage, and about 11 decrees, of which the decree on the ULCC that you want now to change into law [elaborated by the ULCC in 1998 and presented to Parliament by the Executive since the 48th Legislature], the decrees of the OPC, the CNMP, the Superior Courts of Auditors and the Order on Public Accountancy .

I think that this legal framework is well 'furnished' and now this bill to increase the legal framework, we did not need anything else at the level of the Parliament. Constitutionally, we have the role of passing laws, but also that of control, and we exercise it on governmental action through the Superior Court of Auditors..."