CHAPTER THREE: DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL GOVERNANCE _____________________________________________________________________ iii. Recommendations of the APR Panel 318. The APR Panel wishes to make the following recommendations: • Implement a more offensive policy in its powers of control over government action (National Assembly). • Develop and adopt decrees implementing legislation to fight corruption (government). • Implement a policy of zero tolerance of corruption by way of the systematic punishment of proven cases (government). • Implement the provisions of the National Policy Document on the Combating of Corruption in its various components, which are: (i) the principle of setting the example from the top of the state; (ii) the improvement of citizens’ participation in the fight against corruption; (iii) the enhancement of civic education in schools, universities and professional circles; (iv) the strengthening of the legal system in order to combat corruption through the adoption and implementation of efficient and responsive laws against corruption (a general anti-corruption law, revision of the law on declaring property so as to extend it to all those who occupy a position giving them power over public funds and to make payment orders, commitments and disbursements); (v) the strengthening of the independence of judicial power and the consolidation of supervisory bodies; (vi) capacity building and the strengthening of the efficiency of the public service (the different organs of state should be sensitised to and made aware of ethics and should be made aware of the need to respect public property); and (vii) the strengthening of the separation of powers (government). • Ensure a sound, fair and virtuous electoral competition (government). Objective 7: Promote and protect women’s rights i. Summary of the CSAR 319. The CSAR tries to analyse the different socioeconomic factors that can explain the situation of Burkinabe women today. It clearly acknowledges that women occupy a subordinate place in Burkinabe society because of a number of factors such as education, the traditional perception of power and authority, the tenaciousness of the patriarchal system, etc. Added to these factors is the fact that women are not aware of their rights as acknowledged in various legal instruments. 320. The report attributes the under-representation of women in decision-making bodies solely to the fact that the majority of them (more than 80% of young 142