Mauritanian government pledges to respect judicial independence in "corruption" case

05 Septembre 2020

Nouakchott, Mauritania, September 5 (Infosplusgabon) -The Mauritanian government will fully respect the constitutional principle of separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary in dealing with the case of alleged corruption during the decade of rule of  former president Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz,  currently under preliminary investigation.

Prime Minister Mohamed ould Bilal made this pledge on Friday before Members of Parliament, as part of his general policy statement.

"Regarding the preliminary investigation file, our Constitution obliges it to scrupulously respect the principle of separation of powers.

"It will therefore refrain from any interference in the legal proceedings relating to this case, with the commitment  to apply all decisions and judgments that may be handed down by the competent courts, whoever they may be," Bilal assured.

"It is only at this price that the country could claim the status of a state governed by the rule of law, without which nothing lasting or reliable can be undertaken, both economically and socially."

The Prime Minister also indicated that the government will take into account the recommendations of the Parliamentary Commission, on the basis of whose report, the judiciary was seized of the alleged corruption during the decade of Mohamed ould Abdel Aziz (2008/2019), concerning "reforms of public governance to ensure greater transparency" in the management of the country's affairs.

The report, several hundred pages long, covers the "irregular" award of 109 public contracts in the fields of energy, infrastructure, the management of the National Hydrocarbon Revenue Fund (FNRH), a port concession, a fishing contract, the management of the National Industrial and Mining Company (SNIM), land in Nouakchott and the liquidation of public companies.

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