The government has approved the implementation of a national anti-corruption plan for the period 2019-2023.

The government has approved the implementation, for the period 2019-2023, of a national anti-corruption plan comprising over 250 cross-sectoral and sectoral initiatives aimed at consolidating and deepening transparency in the region. public administration.

He did it by Decree 258/2019 published in the Official Journal with the signatures of President Mauricio Macri; Chief of Staff Marcos Peña; and the Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Germán Garavano.

Among the recitals, the law emphasizes that "the fight against corruption and respect for the ethics and transparency of Republicans provide indisputable advantages of all kinds to the nation".

He added that these benefits "generate the prestige, confidence and predictability that our country needs to achieve real and sustainable economic and social development".

Stresses that corruption in the national public administration "is a complex phenomenon" must be dealt with "in broad outline by the design and implementation of preventive and punitive public policies, in accordance with international commitments under the international law. time "by the Commission; Country.

After stressing that the fight against corruption "is a priority axis of the executive's policies," he says the plan has been prepared to report on progress made over the past three years and to plan for the next five years.

The 250 initiatives of the 2019-2023 plan aim to consolidate and deepen the path of transparency, integrity, institution-building and accountability.

What follows is the device of the decree:

ARTICLE 1.- To approve the "NATIONAL ANTICORRUPTION PLAN (2019-2023)", which, as APPENDIX (IF-2019-21474040-APN-IFC # JGM), forms an integral part of this decree.

ARTICLE 2.- To instruct the ANTI-CORRUPTION OFFICE OF THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS, with the intervention of the SECRETARIAT FOR THE INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHENING of the CABINET OF MINISTERS in order to create an ADVISORY COUNCIL endowed with the character "ad honorem" followed by the implementation of the initiatives incorporated in the "NATIONAL ANTICORRUPTION PLAN (2019-2023)", which can be convened to involve civil society organizations, the private sector and experts enjoying of a reputation recognized and enjoying a prestige in terms of transparency and the fight against corruption.

ARTICLE 3.- Instructs the Under-Secretariat for Public Innovation and Open Government of the Government Secretariat for the Modernization of the MINISTER'S OFFICE, to adopt the relevant actions for the elaboration of a public monitoring mechanism for the implementation of the initiatives integrated into the "NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION PLAN (2019-2023)" as part of the national strategy for open government.

ARTICLE 4.- To invite the HONORABLE CONGRESS OF THE NATION, the JUDICIAL POWER OF THE NATION, the MINISTRY OF PUBLIC TAX SERVICES, the MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SERVICES OF DEFENSE and the COUNCIL OF THE JUDICIARY to dictate, within the framework of their respective competencies, standards of similar character to the current measure.

ARTICLE 5.- Invite the provinces and the AUTONOMOUS CITY OF BUENOS AIRES to dictate similar standards in their respective jurisdictions.

ARTICLE 6.- Communicate, publish, submit to the NATIONAL DIRECTORATE OFFICIAL DOSSIER and clbadify. MACRI – Marcos Peña – Germán Carlos Garavano