Provision restricting ACC power worries TIB

Transparency Interna-tional Bangladesh (TIB) on Monday expressed deep concern over the draft Sarkari Chakori Ain 2018 approved at a Cabinet meeting with a provision for the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to take prior permission of the authorities concerned for arresting any public servant, reports UNB.

TIB urged the government to cancel the 'discriminatory provision' of the draft for ensuring skilled, people-friendly and transparent public administration, said a press release.

In a statement, TIB Executive Director Dr Iftekharuzzaman, said, "If the report published in different media related to the draft Sarkari Chakori Ain 2018 is true then it will be contradictory to honesty, transparency, professionalism and neutral public administration."

Terming the law as contradictory to the constitution, Iftekharuzzaman, feared that the said provision in the draft law may curtail ACC power.

He also urged the government to take opinion from all concerned over the act by publicising it in website before placing it in the Parliament.