The provision of filing a complaint with the Abuse of Authority Investigation Commission without mentioning your name and address will remain unchanged.
In the Commission on Abuse of Authority (Third Amendment) Bill under consideration in the House of Representatives' State System and Good Governance Committee, it has been agreed not to amend the provision of registering complaints without the name and address of the complainant to be registered with the authority.
The sub-committee chaired by Congress MP Hridayram Thani, formed by the State Administration and Good Governance Committee to reach a consensus on the disputed issues of the Bill, decided not to decide on the amendment proposals registered in the Bill to remove the current provision of anonymous complaints.
The amendment to remove the provision of 'Benami' complaints under the authority was proposed by three MPs of Congress . Purna Bahadur Tamang, Rama Koirala and Sunil Kumar Sharma, who are currently Ministers of State for Energy, had amended the bill saying that there should be a legal provision not to register anonymous complaints with the Authority.
Tamang and Koirala proposed an amendment to provide that the complainant should submit a copy of the citizenship (digital or photocopy) when filing a complaint or petition with the authority. Sub-committee coordinator Thani said that because there is a provision in the House of Representatives rules that the government cannot amend the clauses that are not open for amendment, the amendment proposal related to the benami complaint was not presented for decision. Thani informed that the sub-committee passed the Commission on Abuse of Authority Act amendment bill on Tuesday and prepared to submit the report to the full meeting of the committee on Wednesday.
The bill to amend the Abuse of Authority Investigation Commission Act, 2048 has been pending in Parliament for five years. The government registered the bill in the National Assembly in January 2076. The National Assembly passed the bill in March 2079 and sent it to the House of Representatives.
