PM says to hold officials responsible in corruption cases

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First govt forum about strengthening of integrity held

KUWAIT CITY, Oct 28, (KUNA): His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah stressed Sunday he would not allow “corruption to exist” in government departments, and he would hold departments’ leaders “responsible in case of corruption cases. “I will not allow corruption in our bodies and I will hold you responsible, so I urge you to join me in addressing this matter,” His Highness the Prime Minister said during the first government forum about the strengthening of integrity, held at Seif Palace.

“You are our anonymous soldiers who work in our departments, and you are much aware of the places of corruption and how to eliminate them,” he said in his address to the ministers and senior officials attending the forum. “I will be at your side in fighting corruption but I will also be against you if I don’t see any positive action against corruption,” he said.

His Highness the Prime Minister told them whoever thought he was unable to confront corruption should step down. Corruption, he said, has many ways and the corrupt people have been evading prosecution, so the government authorities should double efforts to fight them.

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