The government will implement a strategy to combat corruption in the Public Administration, but experts say that the country does not need more laws or more instruments, but institutions that work, to fight this phenomenon, which in 2020 damaged the State by about 17 million dollars.

The adoption of this strategy was justified by the spokesperson for the General Inspection of Public Administration, Célio Goca, with the fact that "there was no specific instrument for the sector.

Meanwhile, jurist Ignácio Luís, believes that Mozambique does not need more laws or more instruments, because the country has sufficient legislation against corruption, emphasizing that the laws the country has are sufficient.

"In my opinion, we don't need more laws to fight corruption, the laws we have are enough, we just need to apply them well and have institutions that work as quickly as possible in order to apply them," the lawyer told VOA.

Luís, however, adds that this doesn't mean that the laws can't be improved, "but, he stresses, "I think we have everything that is needed to prevent corruption in the Public Administration.

For the jurist and researcher from the Center for Public Integrity (CIP), Baltazar Fael, Mozambique is doing well in terms of legislation against corruption, but the problem lies in the institutions "that should apply this legislation.

Recent data indicates that in 2020, the Mozambican state lost about $17 million because of corruption involving public sector managers.

It should be noted that between 2020 and 2021, about 200 public officials and state agents were criminally prosecuted for various corrupt practices, but jurist Armindo Cuna says that in addition to these measures, it is also necessary to invest in education and monitoring of administrative acts of public managers.