For the length of the Awami League regime, the Anti-Corruption Payment (ACC) and the judiciary had change into servants of Sheikh Hasina, stated Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Asif Nazrul this present day (9 December).
He detailed frequent corruption over the last 15 years, announcing, “A pillow value Tk100 became supplied for Tk4,000-5,000. A known prison grew to change into a billionaire by doing casino industry, and a high minister joked about her peon owning Tk400 crore at some stage in a press conference.”
“The ACC existed, the judiciary existed — became any dawdle taken? Nothing occurred. Most efficient Khaleda Zia became punished,” he stated addressing an match, organised to designate the Global Anti-Corruption Day 2024, in Kakrail, Dhaka this morning.
ACC Secretary Khorsheda Yasmin presided over the match, which ACC Reform Payment chief and Transparency Global Bangladesh Executive Director Dr Iftekharuzzaman moreover attended as the special visitor.
Nazrul alleged, “Your entire family of Sheikh Hasina became dawdle, but she accused Khaleda Zia of embezzling orphans’ money. No person dared to focus on against her. The ACC and judiciary grew to change into her servants.”
He informed ACC officers to know dawdle now, announcing, “No person is pressuring you anymore. Investigate their corruption. Uncover the nation that you just may perhaps presumably be explain in a lovely environment. That’s what the country expects from you now.”
Relating to the appointment of a recent rate, the law adviser stated, “I’m no longer overseeing this matter of the ACC. Those that’re taking a behold into it are attentive to this. The ACC can’t be saved inactive. With such substantial-scale corruption that has occurred, the ACC need to remain energetic.”
The ACC has been left without leadership since 29 October, after the then chairman Mohammad Moinuddin Abdullah, and two commissioners Md Jahurul Haque and Asia Khatun resigned.
Their resignation had come after the intervening time authorities earlier this month fashioned the ACC Reform Payment, tasked with proposing major reforms to construct the anti-graft watchdog less complicated, objective, and fair.
