AMMAN — Jordan maintained its score on the 2021
Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), at 49 out of 100, and ranked fifth in the
Arab world after the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Oman, according to
Transparency International, which stated that the global average “remains unchanged
for the 10th year in a row, at just 43 out of a possible 100 points.”
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The CPI ranks
180 countries and territories around the world by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, and the results are
given on a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean).
Political
analysts and experts interviewed by
Jordan News agreed that if Jordan wanted to
improve its ranking in the coming years more importance must be given to
transparency and oversight, in addition to having in place deterrent laws to reduce
corruption.
Hamada Faraaneh,
writer and political analyst, said “Jordan’s ranking can be seen as both
positive and negative; positive because it is not retreating, and negative
because there is lack of progress.”
Faraaneh said
that there must be a tireless joint effort by all institutions to fight
corruption; deterrent laws are enacted, special courts must be formed formed
and court decisions expedited, in addition to increasing public awareness of
corruption and enabling the press to address the issue.
Labib Qamhawi, a
political analyst, said the state’s administrative apparatus must be
restructured and greater importance should be given to oversight and
transparency regarding corruption cases.
Qamhawi added
that corruption should not be fought after it has occurred but before it
occurs, and one way for the government to achieve that is to take critical
decisions that provide the minimum economic and social security for citizens to
prevent corruption. “You can’t talk to a hungry person about the danger of
corruption — you must feed him first”, he said.
Senator Talal
Al-Shorofat said that it is a good thing for Jordan to maintain the same
ranking, especially under the tough economic conditions that the world faces
today,
Shorofat stressed the
importance of anti-corruption laws and expressed hope that Jordan would do
better in coming years. “It is evident that Jordan is fighting corruption
seriously and that there is zero tolerance regarding corruption.”
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