Uproot Corruption
AS a developing nation, Nepal has a plethora
of problems that it should address. Building roads, reaching health facilities, providing
education, ensuring hygiene and sanitation and many other such works, which will
contribute in enriching the standard of living of the common masses. This is a situation
faced by other developing nations of the world too and like the governments of those
countries, His Majesty’s Government is also striving to meet the challenges in the
different sectors. However all the efforts of the government are severely affected because
of a social malaise that is constantly eroding the economy of the nation. This national
problem is nothing else but corruption. Yet, the government alone cannot tackle
corruption, which has spread its roots to the different echelons of society. Like pointed
out by Deputy Prime Minister Ram Chandra Poudel, who is also looking after the portfolio
of the Prime Minister, while inaugurating a talk programme titled "Elemination of
corruption and other evils in development works: whose responsibility?" at Damauli
the other day, the development of a democratic political culture and also awareness in the
civil society are very much essential to combat corruption.
However, it is also true that the government
bodies formed to control corruption, must be given sweeping powers so that they can be
more effective in their work. In this regard, it is encouraging that the government is
reforming different laws in its effort to make the Commission for Investigation of Abuse
of Authority (CIAA), the top governmental agency combating corruption, to be more
competent and efficient in its monumental task. At the same time DPM Poudel pragmatically
advised the CIAA, that it should be able to exercise the powers given to it to eradicate
this social ill. Quite naturally, only formulating laws will not be enough to control
corruption. The laws must be stringently implemented and all the bodies responsible for
checking corruption must sincerely dedicate themselves to their tasks. Meanwhile, there is
also the necessity to make all government works transparent and at the same time an
ongoing effort must be made to create awareness about the negative aspects of corruption
and how it is destroying the economy of the nation. With the combined efforts of the
government and the civil society, there is no reason why corruption cannot be controlled
to a great extent, for the betterment of the whole nation.
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