The proposal to revise the Public Probity Law stipulates that public officials and employees must declare their assets and income within 45 days of taking office or beginning their duties.

The proposal has already been submitted to Parliament for consideration. The amendment to be made to Article 57 - revision of law 16/2012 will oblige the heads of the State Information and Security Service (SISE); Ombudsman; all levels of agents of the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC); National Migration Service (SENAMI); the Traffic Police (PT); the Municipal Police (PM); the Republic of Mozambique Police (PRM); the Border Guard Police; employees of the National Road Transport Institute (INATRO), users of e-SISTAFE, and others, to declare their assets and income.

The Public Probity Law has existed for ten years and aims to eliminate the accumulation of positions in the state apparatus and conflicts of interest in public companies.

The government says that the revision of this instrument also aims to regulate situations in which:

"The public servant materially assumes the function, managing assets, people and financial resources, with the same degree of influence, exposure to conflict of interest, possibility of promiscuity between the private assets of the public servant and public assets, as the formally invested servant, which results from number one of article three, which considers a public servant to be a person who holds a mandate, position, employment or function in a public entity, by virtue of election, appointment, contract or any other form of investiture or link, even if on a temporary basis or without remuneration."

Source: (STV and O País).