The writer is Executive Director, Transparency International Bangladesh.
Has the EC played its due role? Or have its actions—or rather inactions—contributed to the current political crisis?
Why has no investigation taken place to explore on which grounds and for whose benefit the lion’s share of the climate fund was deposited in the Farmers Bank?
This is not the first time that the ACC’s authority in the key areas of its mandate have been tactfully curtailed.
Positions of power acquired through various means have long been allowed to be treated as a licence for self-enrichment through various illicit means.
The key to the ACC’s effectiveness in delivering its mandate is independence, especially when setting the example that, in handling allegations of corruption, it is guided by equality before law, and not by the status or identity of the individual depending on their political, governmental, or other connections.
CPI 2022 shows how corruption, conflict and insecurity are interrelated and feed each other.
The recent decision to empower the secretary does not bode well for the Anti-Corruption Commission
The ACC has delegated the power to its secretaries to decide on the transfer and promotion of its deputy directors and assistant directors.
Has the EC played its due role? Or have its actions—or rather inactions—contributed to the current political crisis?
Why has no investigation taken place to explore on which grounds and for whose benefit the lion’s share of the climate fund was deposited in the Farmers Bank?
This is not the first time that the ACC’s authority in the key areas of its mandate have been tactfully curtailed.
Positions of power acquired through various means have long been allowed to be treated as a licence for self-enrichment through various illicit means.
The key to the ACC’s effectiveness in delivering its mandate is independence, especially when setting the example that, in handling allegations of corruption, it is guided by equality before law, and not by the status or identity of the individual depending on their political, governmental, or other connections.
CPI 2022 shows how corruption, conflict and insecurity are interrelated and feed each other.
The recent decision to empower the secretary does not bode well for the Anti-Corruption Commission
The ACC has delegated the power to its secretaries to decide on the transfer and promotion of its deputy directors and assistant directors.
High-level pledges against corruption continued to be reiterated in 2022, as in the past several years.
As a result of the game of secrecy of the real beneficiaries, those involved in banking sector corruption and money laundering have hardly been brought to justice.