TIB urges new ACC members to clarify their positions on corruption allegations

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) today urged the newly appointed chairperson and commissioners of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to proactively disclose income and asset statements for ensuring their own accountability and transparency.

In addition, TIB encouraged them to clarify their positions on corruption allegations and disclose any political allegiance.

TIB further emphasised the significance of executing their obligations with honesty and integrity, in line with the anti-discrimination movement's core values and the massive sacrifices that created the opening for a "New Bangladesh".

Commenting in the context of their appointment to ACC leadership positions, TIB's Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman called upon the top leadership of the ACC to proactively disclose, as examples of a pledge to their own transparency and accountability, information regarding income and assets of their own and immediate family members held under direct or beneficial ownership.

He also called upon them to display proof of consistency between income from legitimate sources and accumulated wealth or assets, and take steps to verify the accuracy, adequacy, and consistency of income and asset statements by an independent auditor.

He urged them to clarify their stance on any published or unpublished allegations of abuse of power, irregularities and corruption during their professional careers, and provide details about any direct or indirect partisan political allegiance.

Iftekharuzzaman also called for a formal declaration of preparedness to voluntarily resign and undergo due legal investigation in the event of any inconsistencies in the above matters.