Articles 215219- of the Egyptian Constitution define the general framework for the Central Auditing

Organization work as being one of the technically, fi n ancially and administratively independent

audit bodies entrusted with the duties of monitoring funds of the state, the public legal persons and

other bodies specified by its law. It is also entrusted with monitoring the implementation of the state

general budget and independent budgets and auditing their accounts, as well as submitting annual

audit reports to the President of the Republic, the House of Representatives and the Prime Minister

as soon as they are issued. Moreover, it informs the c ompetent investigation authorities of the

discovered evidence of violations or crimes in accordance with the provisions of law. It determines

its obligations as one of the monitoring bodies concerned with combating corruption in coordination

with other independent and related bodies and strengthening the values o f integrity, transparency and

partnership in implementing the National Anti-Corruption Strategy as regulated by law. This happens

within the legally prescribed powers of the Organization regarding the functions of financial control,

performance control, monitoring and implementation of the plan and legal supervision of the decisions

issued regarding financial violations.