Politicians are responsible for corruption: CIAA

January 15, 2004
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The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) stressed on the need of regulating the financial activities of the political parties including the management of election expenditure to control the corruption in the country, The Himalayan Times report stated.

“To do that, it needs a political leadership with a vision to combat graft”, The Himalayan Times quoted CIAA chief Surya Nath Upadhaya as saying while he was addressing a function organized jointly by the Nepal Council of World Affairs and Transparency International Nepal on Wednesday.

Upadhaya accused the political leadership and high ranking bureaucrats for contributing in the spread of corruption and described the land and revenue administration, customs and police and the immigration offices as the most corrupt sectors.

According to Upadhaya banking and financial sectors, public construction agencies, defence, oil and gas, telecommunication, civil aerospace and forestry are some other major areas of corruption.

Upadhaya cited the lack of evidence and punitive measures as the motivating factors for the spiraling corruption and irregularities. Besides due to the open boarder with India, the corrupts hide their illegal property and easily escape to India.

He further said that to curb corruption, public offices must have a high standard of accountability, monitoring, transparency and clearly defined policy regarding financial controls.