samedi 11 mai 2013

DRC natural resources review press of Friday, May 10, 2013


The newspaper le Potentiel reports that  "The seeds of corruption and fraud are feared in the proposed Code of hydrocarbons under consideration of the National Assembly. Global Witness, which pulls the alarm amendments considers that "the planned revisions to the law on hydrocarbons DRC contain major flaws," including not taking into account the requirements of transparency and protection of the environment. MPs invited her to learn the code mining"
For the tabloid, "Global Witness has launched a warning about the lack of rigor on issues of corruption and environmental protection in the Code of hydrocarbons before the National Assembly. What the NGO called" "major flaws are gaping holes in the procurement, no real need for transparency." Global Witness urges that the new law requires an open tender and competitive bidding process for oil permits transparency contracts and ownership of oil and gas rights, and a ban on drilling in national parks, "reads the document published in the May 9, 2013."
Citing the same report of Global Witness, the tri-weekly Nouveau Congo wrote "Global Witness, the hydrocarbon law is ineffective." The newspaper reported that "the future law on hydrocarbons, DR Congo, would not be able to stop corruption or environmental damage, says Global Witness." Speaking of a call for tenders biased, the newspaper said, citing Global Witness wrote: "The first problem with this bill is that tendering Article 63 states that the tender is. mandatory. However, Article 64 empty the notion of its meaning by specifying that once a bid has been declared admissible, no other application can not proceed until a decision to award the concession has been taken. "
On the same issue, the same tri-weekly asking this question: "How the DR Congo striker its oil potential." The journal New Congo emphasizes that "with 25,000 barrels extracted daily by the Anglo-French Perenco in the province of Bas-Congo, DR Congo is far from playing in the big leagues" and explains that "long marginalized in the country's economic policy, the oil sector suffers from a lack of strategy and governance which partly explains the slow pace of reforms. Thus, although included in the three-year agreement signed on 11 December 2009 with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ., the promulgation of the Code of hydrocarbons lagging only tax regulations has been updated In terms of barriers:. corruption, information on contracts, the variable amount of bonus and lack of respect for commitments deficit".
For its part, Radio Okapi reported that "Asian operators are accused of fraudulently exported since January, roughly 500 tons of logs Kalemie, Katanga, through the Zambian port of Mpulungu. According to local sources Several shipments of logs have recently left the port of Kalemie to the Zambian port. Seventy tons of logs were parties in a boat on April 14 and two hundred cubic meters in another March 6, specify- them. "
In January, says UN radio, a cargo timber eighty-five tons was transported by boat Misisi. Each time, the handling of these quantities of wood was carried in broad daylight by the giant cranes of the National Society of Railway Congo (SNCC), say sources on site.
The daily l'Observateur announced that "with 44 million USD, the government revived the DAIPN with the Israeli group LR Group." The newspaper reported that "in the presence of Prime Minister Matata Ponyo, the Ministers of Agriculture and Rural Development, Finance, Portfolio and Small and Medium Enterprises officially signed two contracts with the Israeli group LR GROUP Ltd. to the revival of agro and Presidential Field of Nsele. The ceremony was held under a tent set up for the occasion in the grounds of this area located Nsele ".
The newspaper pointed out that "in a statement to the press after the ceremony, the head of the Congolese government welcomed that for the first time DAIPN will be rehabilitated through a $ 55 million U.S. dollars with the government's own resources. He said this Friday May 10, the Ministry of Finance will transfer $ 15 million in the account partner. According to him, this act of the government is sufficient proof that good governance, fight against fraud and the fight against corruption is a reality in the DRC. "

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