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Haiti - Politic : The President asked the benefit of the emergency for the bill on corruption 19/02/2014 11:21:07 Note that Wednesday, February 5, Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe in an interview to the Primature with the deputy Thimoléon had already made the same request https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-10481-haiti-economy-the-prime-minister-calls-for-the-vote-of-the-bill-against-corruption.html Note that this bill will give the country a legal framework to the deterrent and repressive effects, that will help legal and financial institutions to capture, freeze the funds and assets of fraudsters to the benefit of Treasury. This Bill is also a guarantee of safety and protection for foreign investors wishing to settle in Haiti3. Remember that this bill passed in the Senate in May 2013 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-8560-haiti-justice-senate-voted-the-first-anti-corruption-law-in-haiti.html which has not yet been passed by the Lower House, recognizes 17 cases of corruption including among other bribery, illicit enrichment, laundering of proceeds of crime, embezzlement of public property, embezzlement of public property, bribe, illegal commissions, overcharging but also the provision of gratuity , influence peddling, nepotism, secret funding of political parties.... making it subject the guilty to prison terms ranging from 3-15 years. SL /HaitiLibre
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