CHAPTER THREE: DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL GOVERNANCE __________________________________________________________________________  the OLC (2004); and  the auditor-general’s department, created in 2006. 258. It should be noted that several structures exist to fight corruption as part of the anti-corruption activities of civil society. The most prominent of these is FONAC, were created in 1998. FONAC’s activities focused on advocacy for an anti-corruption law, creating awareness, encouraging citizens to take cases of corruption to court, whistle-blowing, investigations and others. 259. The OLC was created on 21 April 2004. It comprises 17 members drawn from different sectors (the National Assembly; the ministries of justice, finance and the interior; the judiciary; auditors; and civil society). The OLC’s functions are to:  supervise the implementation and control of the national anti-corruption strategy and action plan;  evaluate the anti-corruption programmes from time to time;  create educational and awareness programmes, and encourage anticorruption campaigns;  collect data on corruption and follow corruption cases;  ensure that the necessary witness-protection measures are put in place; and  support any action intended to strengthen the anti-corruption drive, particularly the adoption of an anti-corruption law and making economic crimes subject to prescription. 260. Effectiveness of the anti-corruption campaign in Benin. Bibliographical data and people interviewed on the ground agree that there has hardly been any real political will to tackle corruption, much less to achieve any significant and convincing results. Corruption has become a culture and the tool of a certain type of governance. There is little hope of eliminating this vice, and people are waiting for some kind of ‘messiah’ to turn up and turn things around. 261. Since President Boni Yayi came to power, the political will to fight corruption has become evident. A minister and a politician have already been indicted, and about 30 judges have been charged in a criminal court fees saga that caused financial loss to the state valued at several hundred million franc. 262. The White Paper on corruption mentions other cases of corruption, such as the National Company for the Marketing of Oil Products (SONACOP) transfer and the Ministry of Energy and Water tender for the sinking of 147 boreholes in Mono, Couffo, Ouémé and Plateau. The results of the anti-corruption drive are generally insignificant, especially when placed against the high incidence of corruption in Benin. 106