Civil Administration Reform – 1998
1998
The State continued modernizing, improving the implementation of social policy, and working to weed out corruption and inconsistencies.1 According to a report, the government was focusing on decentralizing government services, especially in the education and health sectors, and institutional restructuring of the ministries. It was reported that the Integrated Financial Administration and Monitoring System was in place, which was said to implement government’s social policy as well as strengthening of anti-corruption mechanisms. The judiciary was mostly ineffective and corrupt. Nevertheless, there were efforts to overhaul the judiciary system by enacting an act to establish the Defender’s office in criminal matters. The pace of reform, however, was very slow.2 The Commission on the Strengthening of the Justice System, submitted its report.