Global anti-corruption NGO Transparency International (TI) has described the Zambian system of governance as "rotten" in its latest report. The "National Integrity Systems TI Country Study Report - Zambia 2003", delves into the conduct of the executive, legislative and judicial arms of government. The report provides a "devastating analysis of how a government can loot its treasury, corrupt key agencies, distort privatisation and banking processes, and use the resources of the state to fund its dominance of the election process and pay for its retention of power", TI said in a statement.