The role of the Anti-Corruption Commissions in controlling the administrative decisions

Abstract

Administrative and financial corruption is one of the most dangerous phenomena in some countries such as Jordan. The adverse effects began to appear in the form of economic recession and the state’s inability to overcome the challenges of establishing public facilities and improving the quality of public services in some fields (Alqubailat, 2022). Since the rate of corruption has increased significantly in Jordan, the jurisdictions have moved away from the traditional method due to some drawbacks concerning the prolongation of the litigation court system, and resorting to alternatively regulatory bodies called grievance/ombudsman. The Jordanian Anti-Corruption Commission (JACC) as an independent governmental body has recently been granted the competence to look into grievances submitted by individuals on the issued administrative decisions. The research question introduced in this research is whether or not the new approach followed by the Jordanian government achieved the public interest in combating financial and administrative corruption by granting the JACC the authority to control administrative decisions and grievances. A descriptive-analytical methodology will be used in this article in order to determine the shortcomings of the current integrity and Anti-Corruption Law and also recommend some legislative modifications that help to enhance the role of concerned governmental departments in combating corruption.