The organization International Transparency revealed this Tuesday its Index of Corruption Perception (IPC), in which it gave Colombia a rating of 39 points out of 100 and placed the country in the position 91 out of 180 countries evaluated. According to the organization, these results show that the fight once morest this problem is stagnant
According to the index, Colombia maintained his score of 39 out of 100 for the third consecutive year and since 2012 has not achieved significant changes in this rating. For this reason, he requested that the government of Gustavo Petro raise a strategy and a clear vision to combat corruption, especially now as Congress prepares to discuss the Development plan (since February 6).
Compared to last year, the rating obtained by Colombia had no variation, while in the global ranking it suffered a drop of 4 positions (in 2021 it was ranked 87th out of 180 countries). This decrease is explained, in part, by the case of five countries that shared position and score with Colombia in 2021 and that improved their performance.” alerted Transparency International.
Along these lines, Andrés Hernández, Executive Director of Transparencia por Colombia, warned that the stalemate reiterates that the different types of corruption “have not been counteracted sufficiently”, among them, briberydiversion of public resources, use of public offices to private benefitnepotism in the civil service and state capture.
In view of this -warning that corruption favors an increase in levels of conflict and decreases the response capacity of the State–, the organism revealed that the defense and security sector was the most affected by corruption between 2016 and 2020 with irregularities in public procurement, misuse of services and violation of human rights, among others.
For this reason, he also asked to strengthen efforts to identify and avoid corruption risks related to the peacebuilding in the country, “since the prevention of corruption is fundamental to achieve total peace.
Globally, the best-performing countries in the 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index were Denmark (90), Finland (87) and New Zealand (87), while Yemen (16), Venezuela (14), South Sudan (13), Syria (13) and Somalia (12) continue as the worst ranked countries.
In the Americas, the average obtained was 43 points out of 100. The three countries with the best scores were Canada (74), Uruguay (74) and the United States (69), while the worst qualified were Venezuela (14), Haiti (17) and Nicaragua (19).
“In this region, the lack of a decisive action to combat corruption and strengthening public institutions fuels the activities of organized crime, which undermines democracy and human rights, threatens the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and causes violence, environmental damage and migration throughout the hemisphere,” the agency said.
