The Anti-Corruption Unit (ULCC) requested a public action for 13 ambassadors to be investigated for not declaring their assets within the deadlines set by the Foreign Ministry.

“These former diplomats should have declared their assets 30 days before their entry and 30 days after leaving office, according to the law of February 12, 2008,” daily Le Nouvelliste stressed.

In June, the Foreign Ministry announced that it would open an investigative process to uncover acts of corruption, as part of the new stage that the diplomacy of the Caribbean country is going through today. In a letter addressed to the general direction of ULCC, the head of the mentioned portfolio requested to begin the investigation in that direction, in order to eliminate improper conducts within the institution.

Dupuy suggested investigating the central office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the diplomatic missions for the period from 2021 to 2024.

The Foreign Ministry issued a request to diplomatic missions, permanent representations, permanent delegations and consular offices to promptly submit information of an administrative nature.

According to a report by the Human Resources Directorate of the ministry – quoted by the digital newspaper Juno 7 – several diplomats who were in office for many years do not have the skills required for their functions.

Most of them are protégés of former parliamentarians, former presidents and ministers, so they will be recalled and dismissed without delay.

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