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Aerial view of the Malagasy capital Antananarivo.
In Madagascar, several leaders of the National Social Insurance Fund (CNAPS) are suspected of embezzlement. In a press release published on its website, the Independent Anti-Corruption Office (Bianco) indicates that it has detected a case of grand corruption which involves senior officials.
With our correspondent in Antananarivo, Like Laetitia
The investigations reveal the purchase by the CNAPS of a plot of nearly one hectare for an amount of more than 2.7 million euros (12.5 billion ariary). “ An exorbitant price “Says the Anti-Corruption Office, which reveals that this land belonged to a member of the board of directors.
This sale consented by the first person in charge of the CNAPS allowed certain members of the board of directors who validated the purchase to benefit from a commission of nearly 300,000 euros (1.3 billion ariary), paid after sharing into their respective bank accounts , reveals the Bianco survey. The latter mentions several other corruption offences.
Five senior officials, including the general manager of the Caisse de Prévoyance, were referred to the prosecution of the anti-corruption unit, but their hearings were adjourned. The workers’ unions, exasperated by this new scandal, denounce the silence of the supervisory ministries, that of Labor and that of Finance.
Union audit request
« It’s the future, pensions, contributions of 700 000 members who are at stake. The CNAPS fund is the workers’ fund. It has to be clear. We can’t waste this money like that “, is moved Barson Rakotomanga, secretary general of Syndicalism and Life of Societies. He asks for the suspension of the director general of the CNAPS and of all the members of the board of directors until the end of the legal proceedings.
« We are going to file a letter on Monday with the Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Finance to request this suspension and an audit at the level of the CNAPS. We want a neutral inquiry. It doesn’t make sense for people who are under investigation to go back to work. It’s intolerable “, continues the trade unionist.
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