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Background
PRO PUBLIC,
a non-profit, a non-governmental
organization dedicated to the cause of Public
Interest, was founded in1991 by consortium of
environmental lawyers, journalists, economists,
engineers, consumers and women rights activists.
It raises voice against corruption, red tapism,
and irregularities and makes the government bodies
aware of their duties and responsibilities. Its
focus over the years has been on good governance,
protection of natural justice and cultural heritage,
environmental justice, pollution control, gender
justice and consumer protection. Pro Public has
consistently succeeded in creating government
accountability in Nepal through media campaign,
advocacy, negotiation, correspondence and public
interest litigation. To strengthen and
protract such activities, Civil Society Anti-corruption
Project (CSACP) of Pro Public aims to strengthen
civil society to be more efficient and proactive
in fighting against corruption. Funded by the
Enabling State Programme/Department for International
Development (ESP/DFID), Pro Public plays the role
of a lead implementing partner of the said project.
Anti-corruption
day observed with fanfare Pro Public in joint efforts with the
CIAA, NCaC and GOPAC organized an interaction
program on 8 December 2007 to mark the World Anti-Corruption
Day. The collaboration was also made with Sisnopani
Nepal to carry out various anti-corruption programs
for three consecutive days.
The programs included sit-in protests in front
of government offices with placards and banners
containing anti-corruption slogans.
To raise anti-corruption awareness and to build
solidarity against corruption from all quarters,
Pro Public printed 'zero denomination' note and
distributed among the participants to promote
zero tolerance against corruption.
Supreme Court Chief Justice Kedar Prasad Giri
presided over
the function along with former CIAA Chief Commissioner
Surya Nath Upadhaya and incumbent officiating
CIAA chief Lalit Bahadur Limbu. Members of newly
registered Nepal Chapter of Global Organization
of Parliamentarians against Corruption (GOPAC)
enthusiastically participated in the program.
Government secretaries, I/GGO representatives,
journalists and lawyers also took part in the
interaction program.
Addressing to the program, Chief Justice Kedar
Prasad Giri said that corruption is prevailing
at the policy level and needs to be fought with
commitment from all quarters. "Judiciary
is much sensitive toward containing corruption,"
he said.
Officiating CIAA chief Lalit Bahadur Limbu, however,
hinted over the lack of anti-corruption laws.
He said that laws relating to the private sector
corruption should also be enacted and brought
within the jurisdiction of CIAA. "If government
enacts UN Convention against Corruption, it would
help us combat corruption and reduce it at all
levels." he also took pride in saying that
CIAA has achieved 84 percent success in its fight
against corruption.
Highlighting the need to fight corruption through
parliament, GOPAC Nepal Chapter President Honorable
MP Jaganath Khatiwada said that GOPAC would now
deal with corruption issues and build global solidarity
through the parliament. Similarly, Member of Legislature-Parliament
Parshuram Meghi Gurung lamented over corruption
issue getting into shadow at present because of
other political agendas coming to the spotlight.
"We can't say that nothing has been done
in anti-corruption field but has not been up to
the mark," Gurung added.
Joint-Secretary of Ministry of Law, Justice and
Parliamentary Affairs Kedar Poudel discussed existing
legal frameworks and their amendments to implement
the UN Convention against Corruption. "A
number of laws have to be amended to bring athe
UNCaC into force in Nepal," he informed.
Civil Society Anti-Corruption Project (CSACP), Pro
Public, and National Coalition against Corruption
(NCaC) on 13 May, 2007, organized a discussion program
in Kathmandu on "Challenges of Containing
Corruption in Transition Period".
Honorable Speaker of the Legislature-Parliament
Subash Nemwang formally made public a Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU) of National Coalition against
Corruption, a civil society coalition of seven organizations,
at the program. Unveiling the MoU of NCaC, Speaker
Subash Nemwang highly appreciated the efforts of
civil society organization to come together with
a mission of containing corruption in transition
phase. He also expressed the commitment of Legislature-Parliament
to fully support the effort of NCaC in days ahead.
Advocate Joyti Baniya and journalist Hari Bahadur
Thapa jointly presented a paper on challenges of
corruption in transitional period. Similarly, former
chief commissioner of CIAA Surya Nath Upadhaya also
wished success for the NCaC and stressed the need
of civil society institutions in post-conflict situation
when state institutions get weaker in tackling with
problem of corruption and irregularity. Legislators,
politicians, ex-government secretaries, journalists,
civil society representatives and many others had
actively participated in the discussion program.
The programs included sit-in protests in front
of government offices with placards and banners
containing anti-corruption slogans.
over
the function along with former CIAA Chief Commissioner
Surya Nath Upadhaya and incumbent officiating
CIAA chief Lalit Bahadur Limbu. Members of newly
registered Nepal Chapter of Global Organization
of Parliamentarians against Corruption (GOPAC)
enthusiastically participated in the program.
Government secretaries, I/GGO representatives,
journalists and lawyers also took part in the
interaction program.
Officiating CIAA chief Lalit Bahadur Limbu, however,
hinted over the lack of anti-corruption laws.
He said that laws relating to the private sector
corruption should also be enacted and brought
within the jurisdiction of CIAA. "If government
enacts UN Convention against Corruption, it would
help us combat corruption and reduce it at all
levels." he also took pride in saying that
CIAA has achieved 84 percent success in its fight
against corruption.
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