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| Title: | More sticks than carrots for informants in corruption inquiries: does Lesotho have the right mix? |
| Author: | Sakoane, S.P. |
| Year: | 1999 |
| Periodical: | Lesotho Law Journal: A Journal of Law and Development |
| Volume: | 12 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pages: | 121-136 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Lesotho |
| Subjects: | corruption crime prevention |
| Abstract: | In the campaign for transparency, accountability and cleanliness in public administration, a major challenge is to find durable and lasting strategies and solutions to the acquisition of information on organized crime and corruption, in society in general and public administration in particular. The culture of whistle-blowing is almost nonexistent as honest public servants have no guarantees against victimization, administrative harassment and political vendetta. Anticorruption institutions, whose role in the development of democracy is crucial, should embrace strategies that encourage voluntary dissemination of information by employees. The coercive strategies embraced by Lesotho's Prevention of Corruption and Economic Offences Act, Act No. 5 of 1999, have to be matched by other noncoercive, preventive strategies. In an endeavour to encourage public servants to participate in the exposure of corruption even before the Directorate on Corruption approaches them, the Lesotho Law Reform Commission has drafted a bill that provides for the protection of whistle-blowers. Ultimately, however, the functional success of laws and institutions depends on political will and the commitment to clean governance on the part of law enforcement agencies, public officers and politicians. Notes, ref. |