By Our Reporter

The 34th anniversary of the Commission for Investigation on Abuse of Authority was observed in Kathmandu.

Political leaders, including President Ramchandra Paudel, gave big lectures on curbing corruption as it has become the enemy of democracy.

They also opined for strengthening the CIAA so that it can curb corruption practices that have taken place in a rampant manner.

We have a powerful executive chief of the government and also political parties exercising democracy. However, the government seems reluctant to curb corruption and empower the CIAA.

Of late, coalition governments are being formed to suppress corruption scandals, and the CIAA and other corruption control bodies have become silent spectators of rampant corruption taking place in the country.

The CIAA has become weak as the political parties are assigning party-close officials there based on political sharing (Bhagbanda). We cannot expect a strong and impartial CIAA unless the practice of assigning officials there by the political parties in the government and opposition share the seats.

The CIAA establishment day is observed as the anti-corruption day, but people are saying it is the corruption day.

If we listen to the speeches of executive Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli or opposition leader Pushpakamal Dahal and also other leaders, they are found alleging each other for closing the corruption-related files.

Dahal, addressing the House last week, blamed the government for closing different corruption-related files, whereas Dahal himself is alleged to have been involved in different corruption-related scandals.

Dahal challenged to open all the corruption-related files, whether it is just for public consumption or else the general public is unaware.