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نحن حمد بن عيسى ال خليفة ملك مملكة البحرين ، بعد الاطلاع على الدستور وعلى المرسوم الملكى رقم 91 لسنة 2006 بتشكيل الوزارة وبناء على عرض رئيس مجلس الوزراء رسمنا بالاتى :
المادة الاولى ، يعين كل من :
/ سعادة السيد جهاد بن حسن ابراهيم بوكمال وزيرا للاعلام.

/ سعادة الدكتور فيصل بن يعقوب الحمر وزيرا للصحة.

المادة الثانية ، على رئيس مجلس الوزراء تنفيذ هذا المرسوم ويعمل به اعتبارا من تاريخ صدوره وينشر فى الجريدة الرسمية.

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But to start, there has to be prosecution of high-profile cases to send an undisputed message that no one is immune from prosecution. I can’t see this happening when there are certain people above the laws of the land, and therefore what example of leadership are they providing? Unfortunately, it is culturally inappropriate to name the elephant in the room.

Another route to start the ball rolling too is for all top officials to middle managers to declare their wealth and to make public what their salaries and remuneration packages are. That way, an audit bureau could be formed to ensure that no illicit enrichment has taken place between the time the authentic declaration is made and subsequent review years, and when a disparity does actually get recognised, then the law must be applied to its full extent and throw that person in prison for corruption should he or she be convicted of such crime.

We know for instance how much the King of Morocco gets – about $20k per month as published in their accounts the last time I read – but the Royal Court here refuses to declare their expenditure in writing. Heck, during the last term how that figure was passed to parliament was a literal whisper to the ear of the head of the finance committee and parliament was not allowed to question it at all!

I don’t know what one would classify that incident as, but it certainly does sound fishy.

So if we are to be really serious and not continue to lose credibility when high officials talk about corruption in our country, maybe they should do the right thing and make an example of themselves and their circles first.

For instance, it would be really courageous and would show immense pioneering vision and increase his credibility immensely should the Crown Prince declare his worth, his salary, business interests and his court’s annual budget and its disbursement.

That would most certainly set an unequivocal lead and will be recorded in history very much in his favour.

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If you want to seriously tackle corruption there must be reform of the legal system to ensure corruption cases are brought to court and prosecuted and justice is meted out. Name one Bahraini that is serving time for corruption!

Which brings me to my second point, there should be one law applied for all. Not different applications of the same law depending on wasta / race / nationality / sex, etc. As a high-profile unrelated example, why is the Bahraini owner of the sunken dhow incident able to get off imprisonment with the payment of bail, and yet the Indian captain who followed his boss’s orders is languishing in prison?

To stamp out corruption requires a massive change in peoples attitudes and this takes a long time to bring about. But to start, there has to be prosecution of high-profile cases to send an undisputed message that no one is immune from prosecution. I can’t see this happening when there are certain people above the laws of the land, and therefore what example of leadership are they providing? Unfortunately, it is culturally inappropriate to name the elephant in the room. To put it bluntly, there will therefore be little real change in Bahrain until certain people step aside and peacefully retire with their honour and dignity intact – that’s the Arab way.

Another aspect that is often overlooked is that for many business managers, unethical behaviour is a result of poor remuneration through ethical means. What I mean is that as senior management are not paid particularly well, or more to the point, are not monetarily incentivised to perform well, they look for other ways to enrich themselves. So they will look to take a cut of a deal personally as a way of getting the riches they believe they are entitled to if they feel that is the only way that they can make money. This is where enlightened HR policies and reward structures should be used in organisations to encourage managers to behave ethically, and reward them for doing so.

Corruption, like most complex issues, cannot be simply solved with edicts or one broad sweep of the brush, but involves a many faceted approach to reform.

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What about the massive con that was the Summer promotion five years ago? Four million dollars (or was it dinars) was spent on ‘Bear in the Blue House’ . . . IN ENGLISH ! Just what the country needs when the majority of the audience speak Arabic. And the Space Shuttle, the Russian Buran that never had a manned launch and is still festering in a yard somewhere in the country. The estimate for the production and staging of the whole ‘summer of fun’ promotion (or whatever it was called) was estimated at one quarter of what was paid. Where did the other three million disappear to?

It would be very beneficial if corruption was finally curtailed in the country and transparency ruled the roost. I don’t think this is a breath-holding exercise though.
I wish the CP the very best of luck for having the bottle to speak out. Lets just hope that the right people listen, and more importantly, act on his words.

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