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Report: Corruption Still Rampant in Palestinian Society
[DPA] Corruption is still rampant in Palestinian public institutions, the Palestinian Coalition for Accountability and Integrity-Aman said Wednesday in a report. Despite some positive reforms in the area of public fund management, there is still a "general weakness in the system of combating corruption." Aman commissioner Azmi Shueibi said the Palestinian public in general believes that corruption increased in 2008. In the West Bank, "many forms of favoritism, nepotism, misappropriation of public money and abuse of public position continues to impact on many sectors of Palestinian society." In Gaza, corruption was "manifested in the dismissal, termination, transfer or exclusion of public officials believed to belong to the political opponents, who were replaced by new hires of a favorable political affiliation."