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Screening of Bac Officials

ACC to seek ADB consultancy

Julfikar Ali Manik
'rhe Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has decided to seek assistance from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in screening the staffs of lire now defunct Bureau of Anti-Comiption (Bac).
The decision followed a deepening internal rift over a selection of 11 from among 14 Bac deputy directors (DDs) to absorb into the anti-corruption watchdog. Allegations are there the 11 DDs had landed the Bac jobs through fraudulence and
seven of them had even been brought to book for the misdeeds.
The commission held seven consecutive meetings to clear die selection but failed in the face of serious disagreement between its chairman and the Iwo commissioners,.sources said.
They said while one side in the commission was in favour of appointing some of die 11 DDs, the other was bitterly opposed to taking even one of diem, terming their recruitment process to Bac unlawful.
As the seventh meeting on July 18 failed to end die deadlock, the ACC on the same day sat with some ADB officials and decided to involve ADB consultants in die screening.
Sources said the ACC in a letter to the Cabinet Division has already conveyed the intention and asked the government to finalise the terms of reference for the ADB assistance.
But a question has arisen as to why involve the ADB now, when appointment of 50 Bac officials - 20 anti-corruption officers and 30
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involving the ADB now when appointment of 50 Bac officials has already been completed. Twenty anticorruption officers and 30 inspectors had been screened and later absorbed in the commission in the first phase as per a guideline framed by the commission.
ACC Chairman Justice Sultan Hossain Khan told The Daily Star, "We've not yet finished screening of all the Bac staff. As the ADB consultants are coming soon to aid us with technical expertise anyway, we've decided to take their assistance also in the screening of the rest 1050 Bac staff."
A number of sources however said the decision to involve the ADB has been taken to avoid controversy following the deepening split in the commission over the issue of assimilating the DDs.
The 11 DDs had landed the Bac jobs allegedly through fraudulence and seven of them were even disciplined for the wrongs they had done in their recruitment.
As the ACC has completed screening and absorption of 50 Bac officials, it faces huge pressure from the rest Bac officials for absorption in the commis-
sion. The Bac staff, who have yet to be screened, are frantically lobbying the ACC officials for their absorption, said sources.
Engaging the services of ADB consultants in the screening is mainly aimed at dealing with the pressure, making the screening acceptable to all, and avoiding controversy, added the sources.
Hua Du, officer-in-charge of Bangladesh resident mission of ADB, during the July 18 meeting proposed that they would set criteria of their own for the screening and that all Bac staff, including the 50 already screened, will come under the scrutiny.
Disagreeing with both the proposals, the commission said the screening would be done in accordance with the ACC guideline and only the rest 1050 will go throughit.
"The ADB will make suggestions while the commission will take the decision regarding the screening and absorption," observed Justice Sultan.
The ACC expects to get the government approval regarding ADB's assistance in a week and finish the screening job by a week after getting the nod.