IDEAS says several proposed initiatives in the government’s National Anti-Corruption Plan may not be feasible unless information is made readily available.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs today presented several suggestions on combatting corruption, one of which is having a Freedom of Information Act .
“We urge the government to make enacting this FOI Act a priority in its efforts to combat corruption,” Aira said. The paper was co-authored by her and Faiz Abdul Halim, a researcher at IDEAS. In the context of procurement, an FOI Act is an important tool to improve transparency and would help reduce cases of non-compliance in procurement. For instance, bidders would be able to check the contract’s full detailed evaluation criteria, and check competing bidders proposals, Azira said.
Lower the threshold for open tenders: To promote the use of the open tenders, the threshold for the procurement goods, works and services should be lowered to RM200,000; and
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