Francisco Jr. presides over hearing on transparency in public administration.
One of the projects deals with the creation of a Corporate Integrity Program, which would aim to create mechanisms that facilitate the discovery and punishment of irregularities committed against the public administration of the state of Goiás; the program would be directed at companies that enter into contracts, consortia, agreements, concessions, or public-private partnerships with the direct, indirect, and foundational public administration of the state of Goiás.
Goiás 247 - A public hearing on the theme “Compliance” – Transparency and Integrity in Public Management was held on Monday morning, the 11th, in the Solon Amaral Auditorium of the Legislative Assembly of Goiás. The debate, an initiative of Francisco Jr (PSD), was motivated by two bills presented by the deputy.
The first project deals with the creation of a Corporate Integrity Program, which would aim to create mechanisms that facilitate the discovery and punishment of irregularities committed against the public administration of the state of Goiás. The program would be directed at companies that enter into contracts, consortia, agreements, concessions, or public-private partnerships with the direct, indirect, and foundational public administration of the state of Goiás.
The second project, however, concerns the institutionalization of a Public Compliance Program in state public administration bodies. Internal integrity mechanisms, audits, and incentives for reporting irregularities, along with the subsequent effective application of codes of ethics and conduct, would be the tools used by the program to achieve the goal of evaluating, guiding, and monitoring public management.
The speakers included Sarah Ferreira, a lawyer specializing in Business Law and Public Law, with a specialization in Constitutional Law, and Rafael Macedo, a commercial lawyer with a doctorate and master's degree in Law from the University of São Paulo. The panel discussion consisted of Congressman Francisco Jr., Eduardo Bilemjian Filho, president of the Construction Industry Union of the State of Goiás (Sinduscon-Goiás), and Franco de Velasco e Silva, president of the Business Law Commission at the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB/GO).
According to Francisco Jr., the debate on the topic aimed to deepen the discussion about corruption and to consider necessary changes in public power and its relationship with private companies and the population itself. "Corruption, especially in Brazil, has been demanding a behavioral change from us, and it couldn't be different with the Public Power. Therefore, we need to review the norms that demonstrate the necessary transparency of public management acts, in order to avoid acts of corruption and mismanagement of public power," explains the congressman.