'Sakker El Dekkene (SED), the Lebanese anti-corruption NGO, held its first Executive Committee electionssince its creation a year ago. Rabih El Chaer, Consultant in Public Policy and Civil Society Activist, waselected President, Carole Alsharabati, Director of the Political Science Instituteat Saint Joseph University (USJ), is Sakker el Dekkene's Vice President, while Lily Abi Chahine, Attorney at Law, holds the position of General Secretary.
Rabih El Chaer, the new president of Sakker el Dekkene, said that that thefight against corruption is the responsibility of all Lebanese citizens, especially the youth, and regardless oftheir political affiliation. The Lebanese population should unite to fightcorruption, which threatens their health, takes away their rights and hampers their economy. Sakker el Dekkene will pursue its work, collectinginstances of corruption and uncovering the realities of corruption across sectors and services of public administration to ensure transparency. El Chaer also added that it is time to start tracking illegal acquisition of wealth through 'min aynalakahaza?', consolidate the independence of the judicial sector, and createan authority to fight corruption just like what transpired in Tunisia after the revolution. El Chaer also promised that a comprehensive report on corruption within the ministries and public institutions will be published in the near future.
On this occasion, the members of the new Board of Directors thanked the former President AbdoMedlej for his sincere efforts, hard work and contribution sincethe inauguration of SEDlast year, which led to winning the WajihAjouz Award (WAA) for Best Online Activism Campaign.
SED encourages every Lebanese to join the fight, torefuse corruption, and report it through the NGO's websitewww.sakkera.com, its smart phone App ('sakkera' on iOS and Android) and its hotline (76 80 80 80).
