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Corruption In Nepal
By KTM Metro Reporter
December 9, 2012: on the occasion of the International Day against Corruption- 2012, the Commission on Investigation into Abuse of Authority (CIAA) held a function in Kathmandu today. On October 31, 2003, the UN General Assembly adopted the United Nations Convention against Corruption, and designated December 9 as the International Anti-Corruption Day, to create the awareness of corruption and of the role of the Convention in combating and preventing it.
Meanwhile, in a statement on Sunday UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that as the international community strives to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, addressing the problem of corruption has become all the more urgent, according to nepalnews.com
Speaking at the function held by the CIAA, Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai has said the problem of corruption has been serious in the country as top political and administrative figures have been involved in corruption; it would be impossible to free the nation from the corruption unless a strong step is taken, as the high profile politicians and administrative officials have been involved in it.
The prime minister said that the government has adopted a policy on the zero tolerance of corruption, and has been working to give a final shape to the CIAA but the government has not been able to fill out the vacant positions at the CIAA due to the unfavorable political environment in the country; it has been a matter of shame.
"It is unfortunate that the ordinances that were submitted to President for necessary amendment to the laws regarding the appointment of the vacant posts in the constitutional bodies for four months were not issued," he added, according to the RSS/thehimalayantimes.com.
Nepal took the 139th position in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) of 2012 among the 176 countries. The higher the position of a country in the CPI the more corrupt the country is. So, Nepal has to do a lot more to improve its status in the CPI.
Currently, four high profile former ministers belonging to the Nepali Congress (NC) party have been serving the jail term for corruption in Kathmandu. So, to improve the position of Nepal in the CPI, the political parties in general and the NC in particular needs to improve their performances while they are in power.
