{"id":382,"date":"2024-09-23T12:17:13","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T12:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lionelbopage.com\/neweraforsrilanka\/?page_id=382"},"modified":"2024-09-23T12:42:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T12:42:37","slug":"addressing-widespread-corruption","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lionelbopage.com\/neweraforsrilanka\/addressing-widespread-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Addressing Widespread Corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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It is vital to address widespread corrupt practices that are prevailing in Sri Lanka. It can only be done through establishing an Independent Broad-Based Anti-Corruption Commission (IBAC).<\/p>

\u200b<\/span>IBAC should have coercive powers to compel an individual to participate in its enquiries.<\/p>

\u200b<\/span>No citizen of Sri Lanka regardless of the position that citizen holds, will be able to ignore a subpoena served by IBAC.<\/p>

\u200b<\/span>IBAC should report to the Parliament once in every two months. A bipartisan parliamentary committee should be established to oversee the activities of IBAC. A Secretariat should be appointed to assist the parliamentary committee.<\/p>

\u200b<\/span>IBAC will be set up under legislation with powers to investigate and recommend for prosecution private sector activities that hinder open and transparent public-sector operations and activities that contravene public policy positions. Anybody can report to IBAC regarding misconduct of government agencies or private agencies where government officials are involved.<\/p>

\u200b<\/span>IBAC should have powers to undertake investigation of their own volition. IBAC can work on references made by Parliament, Cabinet and the Community.<\/p>

\u200b<\/span>Legislation needs to be enacted making it a criminal offence to interfere with IBAC enquiries, punishable by imprisonment.<\/p>

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1.5 Addressing Widespread Corruption It is vital to address widespread corrupt practices that are prevailing in Sri Lanka. It can only be done through establishing an Independent Broad-Based Anti-Corruption Commission (IBAC). \u200bIBAC should have coercive powers to compel an individual to participate in its enquiries. \u200bNo citizen of Sri Lanka regardless of the position that … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-382","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lionelbopage.com\/neweraforsrilanka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lionelbopage.com\/neweraforsrilanka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lionelbopage.com\/neweraforsrilanka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lionelbopage.com\/neweraforsrilanka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lionelbopage.com\/neweraforsrilanka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lionelbopage.com\/neweraforsrilanka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lionelbopage.com\/neweraforsrilanka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}