GIACC collects input to evaluate NACP 2019-2023 implementation effectiveness

PUTRAJAYA: The National Anti-Corruption Plan (NACP) 2019-2023, introduced four years ago, will be assessed on its implementation effectiveness from various angles, said National Centre for Governance, Integrity, and Anti-corruption (GIACC) director-general Datuk Seri Mohd Sallehhuddin Hassan.

He said the GIACC has been collecting input from various stakeholders to assess the effectiveness of the NACP implementation.

“We want to move forward, in another year we will enter the fifth year, marking the full period of the first round of the NACP.

“We want to re-evaluate this plan’s effectiveness, how are we going to move forward, whether to improve its agendas that have been outlined earlier or how to go about it,” he said in a statement issued by GIACC yesterday.

NACP 2019-2023 is the government’s five-year plan launched on Jan 29, 2019, to replace the National Integrity Plan (PIN) which was launched in April 2004, outlining a long-term vision of anti-corruption action towards a corruption-free nation through the implementation of 115 initiatives.

It is the first of its kind to cover issues of governance, integrity, and anti-corruption in an integrated framework.

Mohd Sallehhuddin said the NACP 2019-2023 was a ‘living document’ introduced after the 14th General Election (GE14) with emphasis on efforts to ensure Malaysia was known for its integrity and not corruption.

He added that by taking into account various recent developments, including the findings of the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2021 on Malaysia’s position, it was time to see the need to evaluate the existing plan.

“We will seek the views and input of various parties to strengthen the NACP agenda and vision,” he said.

The CPI 2021 released by Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) shows that Malaysia is ranked 62, dropping five spots compared with 57 in 2020. Malaysia was placed 51 in 2019.

Malaysia’s score fell below the 50-point mark to 48 for 2021, from 51 in 2020 and 53 in 2019.