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ACC stuck with unwanted hve

Says it faces immense difficulties as they hamper functioning

JULFIKAIl AU MANIK
Ine Anh-Corruption commission (ACO has asked the government to withdrawimmediately five directors of the now-defunct Bureau of Anti-Comiption (Bac) as they are hampering the smooth functioning of the commission.
The five high officials had joined the Bac on deputation. They also worked with the ACC at the directive of its chairman but the government
on January 3 declared all the Bac staff as reserved employees and ordered them not to work with the commission.
The commission on Saturday sent a letter to Cabinet Secretary Saadat Hussain seeking immediate steps for their withdrawal and the appointment of personal staff for the commission chairman and members, sources said.
In the letter, the ACC said it was ■feeing 'immense difficulties' in its
functioning.
The five Bac officials are Sirajul Islam Khan, director (Task Force), Mujibur Rahman Howiadar, director (Establishment), Khondakar M Asaduzzaman, director (Chittagong Zone), Kaniz Fatema, director (Dhaka Metro), and Lt Col Abdul Hannan Mridha, director (Administration). The first four are joint secretaries and the other is an army officer. The Cabinet Division on Sunday sent the ACC proposal to the establishment ministry for approval. The ministry will send a summary of the proposal today to the prime minister for her approval, commission sources said.
Any appointment, transfer or withdrawal of an official of the rank of joint secretary needs the prime minister's approval. Sources said the establishment ministry can decide about the withdrawal of Hannan Mridha as his rank is below the rankofajointsecretary.
Earlier, the commission at a meeting on Saturday took the decision to send the letter seeking with-drawa! of the five officials. Commission Chairman Justice Sultan Hossain Khan chaired the meeting attended by the two commissioners.
The meeting discussed the problems the commission is facing now and decided to hold a daily meeting foritssmooth functioning.
Since the formation of the anticorruption watchdog on November 21 last year, it failed to function effectively due to conflicts among its members and confusion among the Bac staff over their job status. Bac was dissolved on forma-tionoftheACC.
The commission also faced complexities in taking decisions, which were influenced by a group of Bac officials violating the ACC to,
sources said.
Such decisions including the one regarding the appointment of Bac Director Genend MA Matin as DG and Secretary of the ACC raised controversies.
The ACC created another controversy by formingtwo committees for screening the Bac staff before formulating necessary rules and an । organogram.
Besides, the commission raised debate by issuing letters to 13 secretaries asking them to provide information on the whereabouts of 1,028 motorvehicles.
Meanwhile, following the January 3 government notification, a group of ex-Bac officials stopped working with the ACC while another group continued to work as they did not get any official order in this regard.
Sources said ex-Bac Director (Admin) Hannan Mridha who was brought to the Bac on deputation believes only army authorities can decide about his fate. He has questioned the government order declaring him as reserved employee.
Talking to journalists he said on several occasions that he did not receive such government order and he would continue working at the directive of the ACCchairman.
Commission sources said such an open challenge against the government order has created a chaotic. situation at the ACG