Open Contracting Quickstart Guide / China Supervisors Law / Indonesia KPK suspended staff

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Open Contracting Quickstart Guide (Resource).  “In this guide, you’ll find 15 practical strategies within four sections covering core aspects of public procurement reform.”

Open Contracting Partnership: https://www.open-contracting.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/OCP21-Quickstart-English.pdf  

 

China continues to strengthen its anti-corruption campaign in relation to public servants (Blog).  “The Supervisors Law of the People’s Republic of China (“Supervisors Law“) was recently promulgated by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on 20 August 2021. Together with other legislation and enforcement activities, the Supervisors Law aims to strengthen President Xi’s anti-corruption campaign and is scheduled to take effect on 1 January 2022.”

Simon Hui, Henry Chen and Zhengwei Yang/Global Compliance News: https://www.globalcompliancenews.com/2021/09/14/china-continues-to-strengthen-its-anti-corruption-campaign-in-relation-to-public-servants080921/  

 

All legal means closed, Jokowi last hope for suspended KPK staff.  “The fate of scores of Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) employees who were suspended after failing a controversial civics test lies with [Indonesia’s] President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, now that all other legal means [including the Supreme Court’s recent ruling] to restore their employment have been exhausted.”

A. Muh.Ibnu Aqil/The Jakarta Post: https://www.thejakartapost.com/paper/2021/09/14/all-legal-means-closed-jokowi-last-hope-for-suspended-kpk-staff.html  

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