Civil servants unlikely to report corruption over lack of justice, finds survey
Maldivian civil servants are unlikely to report government corruption due to delays in or lack of justice and lack of action by relevant authorities, a corruption perception survey has found.
27 Aug 2015, 9:00 AM
Maldivian civil servants are unlikely to report government corruption due to delays in or lack of justice and lack of action by relevant authorities, a corruption perception survey has found.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) conducted the survey – the first of its kind by a state institution – from February to March 2014 with a sample size of 1,018 civil servants (five percent of the civil service), but the survey report was only made public this week with the relaunching of the commission’s website.
“A large majority of 63 percent and 65 percent respondents agreed they are unlikely to report occurrences of corruption offences due to delay or lack of justice and lack of action taken by relevant authorities,” the survey found.
Other reasons involve threat of dismissals, inadequate witness protection and lack of law enforcement.
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