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Former Supreme Court judge Ishwar Khatiwada has said that instead of debating how much corruption exists in Nepal, we should focus on controlling it so that it does not increase. Former judge Khatiwada made such a comment while giving a scholarly speech at a symposium on 'corruption' organized by the Center for Investigative Journalism in Lalitpur on Thursday.
"Rather than whether or not there is corruption, the main thing is how much it is?" He said, "The main challenge is not to let it grow and to control it." For that, apart from following the law, constitution and system, a level of awareness is needed.'
Former judge Khatiwada said that since there is no philosophy of corruption, it can be called corruption and any other name. He also expressed his displeasure with the discussion and debate currently going on in the parliamentary committee on the bill related to the prevention of corruption. His comment was that behind keeping the policy decisions of the Council of Ministers outside the authority's investigation, the intention of corruption is hidden. "On the contrary, there is a need to close the existing legal loopholes to increase corruption," he said.
He also raised questions about the investigation capacity of the authority. He said that due to the weak investigative capacity of the authority, the cases are being dismissed . He says that the authority is working on the basis of human resources who have not received any training related to investigation. "Leadership comes from the political spectrum." There is no research training for the existing human resources . The research methodology itself is corruption-friendly," he said. In the
program, Dipesh Ghimire, Vice-Professor of Tribhuvan University, gave a presentation on 'Corruption and Corrupt System'. Referring to the context of Nepal, Ghimire mentioned that there is a tendency for small political groups to take over the entire system. "Examples such as invisible offices in government bases such as Malpot, Napi, and the ineffectiveness of MP's zero time are enough to understand that corruption is rampant in Nepal," he said. It is claimed that due to corruption, the entire political system is becoming corrupt, wealth has accumulated in the hands of certain classes and public institutions have become weak. In the
program, there was also a debate on the title of robbery over democracy. In the debate moderated by Rajendra Dahal, editor of Shishakar Masik, former president of the special court Gauri Bahadur Karki, former minister and secretary Vidyadhar Mallik and outgoing president of Transparency International Nepal Padmini Pradhanagan shed light on the dimensions of corruption and corruption and its impact on the entire society and politics. While giving a welcome speech at the
program, Khopke President Kund Dixit said that recently the whole society has started taking corruption for granted and it is a big challenge for journalism too. "It seems that the society has started taking corruption easily, looking at the example of other countries, this is a big challenge for press freedom and journalism as a whole," Dixit said.
