Staff Reporter :
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) demanded strict and impartial implementation of ‘zero tolerance’ policy against corruption in all sectors, including the health sector in the Covid-19 pandemic to offset the socio-economic damage of the country.
To this effect, TIB also urged the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and all the concerned institutions to come out of the culture of ‘chasing some small fries’ while the big fish remain untouched and take real institutional and administrative initiatives to end corruption in the country.
In a statement issued on Tuesday on the eve of International Anti-Corruption Day-2020 on December 9, the Bangladesh branch of Berlin-based anti-corruption watchdog insists there is no alternative to establishing the rule of law and accountable government in the country to build a well-governed democratic Bangladesh.
Therefore, all democratic institutions, especially law enforcement agencies, administration, judiciary, election commission and human rights commission must ensure impartiality, objectivity, efficiency and professionalism, TIB pointed out.
TIB also has strongly demanded that the constitutional rights of the media and the people of the country to ensure freedom of expression must be upheld.
TIB Executive Director Dr Iftekharuzzaman said, “It is now an unpleasant fact that corruption has become a ubiquitous phenomenon in the country in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis,”.
“In this trying situation, the question now arises what to do other than expressing frustration. Despite the declaration of ‘zero tolerance’ policy against corruption from the highest levels of the government, no one can say for sure what it means in this current reality,” he insisted.
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) demanded strict and impartial implementation of ‘zero tolerance’ policy against corruption in all sectors, including the health sector in the Covid-19 pandemic to offset the socio-economic damage of the country.
To this effect, TIB also urged the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and all the concerned institutions to come out of the culture of ‘chasing some small fries’ while the big fish remain untouched and take real institutional and administrative initiatives to end corruption in the country.
In a statement issued on Tuesday on the eve of International Anti-Corruption Day-2020 on December 9, the Bangladesh branch of Berlin-based anti-corruption watchdog insists there is no alternative to establishing the rule of law and accountable government in the country to build a well-governed democratic Bangladesh.
Therefore, all democratic institutions, especially law enforcement agencies, administration, judiciary, election commission and human rights commission must ensure impartiality, objectivity, efficiency and professionalism, TIB pointed out.
TIB also has strongly demanded that the constitutional rights of the media and the people of the country to ensure freedom of expression must be upheld.
TIB Executive Director Dr Iftekharuzzaman said, “It is now an unpleasant fact that corruption has become a ubiquitous phenomenon in the country in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis,”.
“In this trying situation, the question now arises what to do other than expressing frustration. Despite the declaration of ‘zero tolerance’ policy against corruption from the highest levels of the government, no one can say for sure what it means in this current reality,” he insisted.
