Corruption charges
The nation is shocked and amazed at the corruption charges brought against the former speaker, deputy speaker and the chief whip all belonging to a particular political party. No wonder instead of being ashamed, they preferred to deny the charges, as was done by their party leaders and bosses earlier against alleged local and international corruption committed by them, their family members, lawmakers, ministers etcetera. Corruption charges against the guardians of the highest institution of the lawmakers of the country are unprecedented. Only recently some members of British Parliament lost their membership on charge of being involved in “expense scandal”. In a superb expression of moral responsibility, the Speaker of the House of Commons resigned over the scandal. In our country such action by our politicians is unthinkable. They would always try to get away with any kind of crime, and morality is a word not available in their dictionary. We noticed with utter dismay that persons charged with corruption during the caretaker government are now moving freely and the charges against them are either withdrawn or quashed. If that is the norm in this country only heaven knows whether this country would ever get rid of corrupt people who amass wealth at the cost of the teeming millions.
Whatever may be the outcome, we salute the parliamentary committee which revealed those stunning cases of corruption and exposed their true faces before the nation. But only revelation is not enough, proper legal action also needs to be taken so that nobody, whoever he might be, is allowed to evade the law of the country.
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