CORRUPTION FREE NEPAL?
The Kathmandu Post
1 September 2017
CORRUPTION
FREE NEPAL?
The realisation that the tendency of discouraging
honest and sincere people has increased in different sections of the society is
not surprising. This fact was stated by former chief justice Sushila Karki
during a book launching ceremony in Kathmandu on Tuesday. She revealed that judges who succeed in wooing ‘power broker’ has
better future prospect. How shameful for a country, where one cannot work
honestly, serve the nation and remain corruption-free, Karki stated (“Promotion of corruption in court
disturbing” Aug. 30, Page 2). She
further expressed that people who chose to stay mum in corruption related
issues are to be blamed for the promotion of corruption in the country.
Nepal
was ranked one of the most corrupt countries among in South Asian in the recently
published Transparency International report. The role of the Commission for
Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has been crucial in discouraging rampant
corruption in the country and lawfully punishing the culprit. However, its role
is questioned with regard to its hesitance in punishing culprits.
Political
interference in every sector has prompted institutionalised corruption. Big
chunks of the budget allocated for development and infrastructure programmes
are misused, leaving the programmes left incomplete for many years. The broken highways
and roads can be taken as real examples of corruption. Unless the political
leaders and their parties are made accountable, Nepal will slide further down
in the corruption index. How Nepal can prosper in this way is a serious concern
of the common people.
Rai Biren
Bangdel
Maharajgunj
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