Getting rid of corruption

It's a matter of shame that we feel embarrassed of our status only when the country's ranking in the corruption perception index prepared by the Berlin-based Transparency International is published every year. When a corruption scam is divulged or a corrupt suspect is caught, people start criticising the person involved and at one stage forget. As a result corrupt practice continues in almost all sectors in the country.

If we want to get rid of corruption or at least reduce corruption to invisible level, two things need to be done - improvement in governance and launching social campaign changing mindset of tolerating corrupt practices. If some people are allowed to feel that they are too powerful to be caught, it is not possible to ensure that subordinates will not commit corruption. As a nation, we first need to take a decision that we don't want to see corruption. Then, it will not be a challenge to defeat corrupt people and eradicate corrupt practices.

Israt Jahan

Dept.of English,Chittagong College

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