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Move to axe ACC's arrest order power

Top bureaucrats ask for amendment to ACC law

UNB, Dhaka
A provision of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) law is likely to be reinstated to curtail its power so that the watchdog body could not issue any arrest warrant against a government official without informing his/her higher authority.
The country's top bureaucrats, mainly the secretaries of different ministries, yesterday discussed the issue and adopted a proposal to put forward to the cabinet for amending the rules of the ACC.
Cabinet Secretary Abdul Aziz presided over the meeting at cabinet division.
The immediate past caretaker government had inserted the provision in the ACC rules giving it mandate to conduct investigation and
issue arrest warrant against any civil servants without informing his/her highest authority.
"Some of the secretaries have discussed the issue and recommended amending the existing law to curtail the ACC's such power. Because they feel that in many cases, government officials take decision for the interest of their own organisations. It might not be his individual decision," Aziz told reporters while briefing about the meeting.
He noted that originally such a safeguard provision was in the defunct Bureau of Anti-Corruption Rule-1977 so that it should not issue such warrant. But later the provision was dropped during the caretaker government while the ACC law was enacted.
The meeting also discussed and made a
SEE PAGE 7 COL 1 FROM PAGE 16 proposal for introducing a nomeeting day and a visitor-free day in the Bangladesh Secretariat to improve the working atmosphere.
In recent days, after the political government assumed office, the number of visitors has significantly increased, which sometimes creates disturbance for the administration.
It also discussed an option that the minister, state minister and the secretary of a ministry should not be abroad at a time because it "hampers the decisionmakingprocess."
The meeting discussed and recommended reintroduction of mobile courts to
contain crimes, particularly adulteration of food and other consumer products, as there have been reports of widespread offence of this son once again.
After separation of the judiciary, the operation of mobile couns was squeezed as the administration cadre service was stripped of magistracypowers.
"If such mobile couns are reintroduced, it will be within the spirit of the separation of judiciary--there will be no contrast or contradiction," the cabinet secretary said.
He noted that the home secretary placed a proposal in the meeting for arming the law-enforcing agencies with powers to do mobile phone
tracking.
"We discussed the matter mainly to contain the threat issued by miscreants through mobile phones. This power will give them authority to quickly identify the miscreants and take action against them," Aziz said.
Meanwhile, a cabinet subcommittee held a meeting at the cabinet division to discuss proposals for amending the Public Procurement Regulations 2008 to expedite government procurement process.
The meeting, presided over by Finance Minister AMA Muhith, ended inconclusively, sources said, adding that more meetings will be held in this regard.