The outgoing chairman of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Ghulam Rahman on Sunday said that the commission has failed to bring about any changes in society in terms of reducing corruption from the country. Addressing the farewell reception given in his honour by the ACC officials and employees at the conference hall, he however, said that the seed which they have planted to reduce corruption from the country would one day turn into a banyan tree.
“I believe that the state of corruption in Bangladesh will change. The country will one day become corruption-free like all developed countries,” he hoped.
Ghulam Rahman said it is not possible to remove corruption from the country in only four years.
He however said that if the commission can utilize information technology and utility services to the fullest and the per capita income increases to USD 1,500, the corruption trend will come to a tolerant level by 2021.
The outgoing chairman of the anti-corruption watchdog observed that the future leadership of the commission should lay emphasis on prosecution and resistance.
He said there is no provision to curtail power of the commission in the final ACC amendment bill now pending in Parliament for consideration.
Ghulam Rahman said during his courtsey call with the Prime Minister, she assured him that necessary measures would be taken to consider the bill in the House soon.
“Most of the problems of the commisison will be resolved if the amended law is considered in Parliament,” he said.
He said corrupt people get a lot of time due to lengthy legal complexities.
“The people will get benefit from the commission if the time consuming loopholes of law are removed,” he added.
The outgoing chairman recalled his days spent with his colleagues for four years and sought their wellbeing.
ACC commissioners—MD Shaabuddin and Md Bodiuzzaman, among others, also addressed the farewell function.
Earlier, the ACC chairman passed his last day at the office after completion of his four-year tenure by exchanging views and enquiring the wellbeing of the ACC officials and employees.
ACC sources said a new chairman of the commission would be appointed within a couple of days.
-With The Independent input
