Anti-corruption committee sees need for action despite progress
Published: Thursday, Oct 17th 2024, 12:40
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Switzerland is still not getting good marks from the Greco Group of States when it comes to fighting corruption. The anti-corruption body has its eye on the members of the Federal Assembly as well as judges of the federal courts.
Although slight progress has been made, not all recommendations have been satisfactorily addressed or implemented, according to the latest report by the Council of Europe's Group of States against Corruption (Greco). This was published by Greco and the Federal Office of Justice on Thursday.
Greco complains that no progress has been made with regard to members of parliament. The declarations on vested interests submitted by Council members do not contain any quantitative data or liabilities, and they are not checked by Parliament. Intentional errors could not be uncovered in this way.
And there is still no specific advice center for councillors on integrity issues. Council members are not trained on this topic.
The committee complains to the federal courts that party affiliation is still the decisive factor for candidacies. Greco writes that this may push the candidates' skills into the background. Judges continue to give mandates to their parties.
According to a survey of judges, they themselves want to completely break the traditional link between parties and court members - with regard to mandate contributions. A majority would like to see the system reformed. This was the result of a survey published at the beginning of October by the Swiss Association of Judges.
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