ARGENTINA’S Delia Matilde Ferreira Rubio was elected as the new president of corruption fighting  Transparency International (TI), at the annual meeting in Berlin on  Sunday, October 15. TI Panama plays an active role in local civil society.

Rueben Lifuka, from Zambia was named Vice President.

They will serve for  three years, "Our work will be guided by our strong principles of transparency, integrity and integrity "said Ferreira Rubio, who replaced José Ugaz,

She advised the  Constitution Committees of Argentina’s House of Representatives and the Senate.

She holds a PhD in Law from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and is the author of numerous publications on democratic culture and parliamentary ethics.

Rueben Lifuka is from Zambia and is an architect and environmental consultant. He is the founder and director of  Dialogue Africa and president of the National Council of Government of the process of the African Peer Review Mechanism in Zambia.

He was appointed by the President of Zambia to the technical committee responsible for drafting the country's new Constitution.