THE SUPREME AUTHORITY FOR TRANSPARENCY, PREVENTION AND COMBATING CORRUPTION - AN INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISM FOR CURBING CORRUPTION (A CRITICAL ANALYTICAL STUDY)

Abstract

In order to strengthen efforts to combat corruption, protect the sanctity of public funds and safeguard the national economy, the constitutional legislator has worked to rehabilitate and revitalise oversight bodies through the 2020 Constitutional Amendment by establishing the Supreme Authority for Transparency, Prevention and Combating Corruption. This authority has been elevated to the rank of a supervisory authority, strengthening trust and transparency in institutions and bodies, improving their performance and maintaining their credibility in order to revive the role of the supervisory bodies and strengthen their role as a key actor in curbing forms of financial corruption. This represents a real cornerstone in the oversight structure, based on the institutional diversity of the oversight bodies in the state.