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Prevent corruption

28 December 2003, 18:00 PM
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
By Md Hossain, Physics and Astronomy, University Of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
28 December 2003, 18:00 PM
For the third time, our dear country has been termed as the most corrupt country in the world. Thousands of comments can be heard from rival political groups as, apparently, they are trying to find "who is responsible!". Obviously political groups will never mention their parties' involvement. All right, have a look at the national dailies. Almost all the time the cadres of the ruling party are involved in extortion, mugging and murder. Even if the police arrest them, we see no justice.

Lots of types of crimes can be mentioned but one of them I think is really grave. The rich people of our country do not pay taxes (instead they like to bribe the politicians). How can a country run without taxes? These people are really heartless.

To control these economically motivated crimes and all other types we need an Independent Anti-Corruption Bureau. In our country's perspective, no party government can ever do justice when it comes to anti-corruption measures (Think, on an average, how many criminal cases are there against an MP, minister, party bosses and their cadres).

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The two major political parties have always promised to set up the institution but they really don't want such a institution. In fact, some of the parties' big bosses may have to leave the country once IACB comes into being. But, let us not forget, without justice we would have no peace or prosperity in the long run.