The Commonwealth is currently debating the topic of: dealing with international loopholes so that corrupt public officials throughout the world would not be able to launder/hide the proceeds of looted state assets. As of this moment, the majority of the Commonwealth leaders are on the topic of what action should be taken. Many are asking Najib Tun Razak (Malaysia) to make amendments to the current resolution, specifically attacking what international loopholes they are talking about.
Outside of the committee room, there has been lots of discussion and there seems to be a clear consensus amongst the ministers. They strongly believe that they have already been talking about this resolution for too long and have already wasted too much time on something that won’t pass. The ministers have decided that they want to strike this resolution and want to move on to another one.
However, back inside the committee room there has been much debate on how to fix the problem of corruption. Theresa May of the UK wants to bring in a two-step system. The two-step system brings in the use of NGOs. However, it was unclear as to what Theresa May was saying; therefore, we were not able to accurately report on what they have said just yet. Justin Trudeau has brought up the recent success NGOs have had in Canada and agreed with the UK, but they want more specification on what Malaysia is trying to get out of the resolution and to make amendments to the current resolution.
Afterwards, the leader of South Africa spoke out saying “we need to fix the corrupt people in the governments first”, calling out countries such as Malaysia, Ghana, and India. The leader of South Africa strongly believes that attacking the loopholes is just dancing around the actual issue. The leader of South Africa wants there to be something actually done directly to the government and not to others.
Outside of the committee room, there has been lots of discussion and there seems to be a clear consensus amongst the ministers. They strongly believe that they have already been talking about this resolution for too long and have already wasted too much time on something that won’t pass. The ministers have decided that they want to strike this resolution and want to move on to another one.
However, back inside the committee room there has been much debate on how to fix the problem of corruption. Theresa May of the UK wants to bring in a two-step system. The two-step system brings in the use of NGOs. However, it was unclear as to what Theresa May was saying; therefore, we were not able to accurately report on what they have said just yet. Justin Trudeau has brought up the recent success NGOs have had in Canada and agreed with the UK, but they want more specification on what Malaysia is trying to get out of the resolution and to make amendments to the current resolution.
Afterwards, the leader of South Africa spoke out saying “we need to fix the corrupt people in the governments first”, calling out countries such as Malaysia, Ghana, and India. The leader of South Africa strongly believes that attacking the loopholes is just dancing around the actual issue. The leader of South Africa wants there to be something actually done directly to the government and not to others.