Equatorial Guinea Vows To Install CCTV in Offices
Government Offices in Equatorial Guinea will henceforth be installed with surveillance cameras. This follows the recent leak of over 400 pornographic videos allegedly involving high-ranking civil servant, Baltasar Engonga, having sex with various women, including wives of prominent officials in his office.
The decision is part of the ongoing probe into the incident and will be effected in courts and ministries to combat “indecent and illicit acts.”
A statement issued by the Equatorial Guinea Press and Information Office, published on the government’s website on Tuesday quoted the Vice-President Teodoro Mangue as saying;
“Among the decisions taken are the suspension of employment of the officials who appear in the homemade adult videos circulating on the networks, severe measures for the members assigned to the surveillance of the inmates for not fulfilling their duties and allowing such acts, as well as the reinforcement of security in all judicial offices in the country; in addition to the installation of surveillance cameras in the judicial and ministerial offices,” the statement said.
“And in order to correct this bad behaviour of some officials of the public and judicial administration of Equatorial Guinea, the Vice President of the Republic, concerned about this situation, has urgently summoned the President of the Supreme Court of Justice, the Attorney General of the Republic, and several members of the government headed by the Prime Minister, to adopt strategies to stop this type of behaviour and thus propose preventive measures,” it added.
