Corruption in Lebanon according to the president of LTA Nada AbdulSater

An Nahar newspaper published an interview with Nada AbdulSater the president of the Lebanese Transparency Association – La Fassad (LTA) who referred to the results of an opinion poll carried out by the association on the views of a sample of companies with regards to corruption in the public sector and where it is located.  The study showed that interviewees considered that civil servants, MPs and political parties are on the top of the corruption list followed by the media and security forces.  The interviewees considered that civil society (!!)and the army are less corrupt than others.
AbdelSater shared their hotline number 01386886 which allows citizens who have witnessed or experienced a situation of corruption to report it.  LTA has also launched a number if branches for the national centre to protect victims and witnesses of corruption.  She added that LTA is working on new initiatives namely training 240 reporters on investigative journalism in addition to strengthening the participation of youth in municipal work through training on transparency and the preparation of municipal budgets.
To be noted that LTA is the Lebanese branch of Transparency International and issues a number of yearly indicators on corruption in addition to regular studies on the level of corruption in the private and in public sector as well as in the military.
Source: Al-Nahar 10 January 2014