Editorial
ACC a toothless tiger!
Why did you then preside over it?
THE outgoing chairman of ACC was indeed being frank but self-deprecatory when he termed the organisation a 'toothless tiger." We recall his comments, made in the same vein soon after he assumed the office of Chairman when the ACC law was modified.
We had hoped that as the Chairman of ACC he would have protested the amendments, that in public perception had made the ACC a handmaiden of the government, and done his utmost to strengthen the commission to fight one of our worst malaise. Instead, he chose to preside over an institution whose performance in fighting corruption, in our estimate, was zero. It is a pity that he is leaving us with an ineffective anti-graft body.
We are flabbergasted by his stand on the Padma Bridge issue vis a vis the World Bank. What the WB wanted was an investigation into allegations of corruption conspiracy and not prosecution. It surprising that the ACC gave a clean chit to some without conducting proper investigation
It is disappointing that even on the eve of his departure the ACC Chairman could not find the courage to admit his own failures.
To be honest, our criticism is not against any person, but against the chair that the person holds. As an honourable man, which we believe he is, the Chairman ACC should have left office earlier rather than head an institution devoid of power to deliver.
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