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Kathmandu,Tuesday May 16, 2000 Jestha 03, 2057.
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No more political postings now
By a Post Reporter
KATHMANDU, May 15 - The government today formally
decided to end the trend of appointing political figures to head the government-run public
enterprises, Deputy Prime Minister Ram Chandra Poudel said today.
DPM Poudel told reporters that as part of the
government’s policy to adopt reform measures, it had decided in today’s
scheduled cabinet meeting that general managers for each of these public enterprises will
be chosen among the capable people from inside the corporations itself or from other
agencies that are of similar nature.
This move does not come as a surprise but does end
the trend of political appointments that has seen frequent changes in corporation and
public enterprises heads that happen parallel with changes in the government.
"There will be no more political appointments
in the corporations and the general managers will be given the executive power to operate
at will. The chairpersons appointed will minimize the power," Poudel told reporters.
DPM Poudel said that the government is also seeking
political consensus from other parties so that there would be no break in this new trend
to make the administration of the country more accountable. "These moves should help
at least minimize some of the flaws existing in the corporations and industries run by the
government," he said.
Minister for Information and Communications Jaya
Prakash Gupta said that today’s cabinet meeting has decided to form a Public
Enterprises Service Commission that will recommend and suggest names to fill up the post
of general managers and chairpersons in all the public enterprises.
The commission’s recommendations will then be
reviewed by the government before making the final appointment.
With regards to controlling corruption as pledged
by Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala when he assumed office, the DPM said the
government was withdrawing the old Bill proposed for Commission for Investigation of Abuse
of Authority (CIAA) and would take it back after incorporating the suggestions presented
by the watch dog agency to make it more effective and powerful.
CIAA has always complained that it had no power to
operate freely or prosecute people they suspect of indulging in corruption and punish them
if found guilty.
CIAA has lost almost all the cases they have filed
in court against suspects and their usefulness and effectiveness has long been questioned.
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