Please HEAVEN'S sake don't allow the Parliamentary Standing Committee to pass this bill to protect the BRIBE takers. Recent time after AAP come in power in Delhi a no of cases of bribing has come out in the open by exposing the bribing act. To counter attack the UPA2 is bringing this bill to suppress and protect all those culprits who are engaged in this bribe trade. Giving Bribe and reporting that to any authority and exposing it to the public is any citizen's, Aam Aadmi, Right and cannot be removed or challenged. To protect that RIGHT we should wage a war against UPA2.
The Hindu reports ;- Don't spare bribe-giver either: MPs panel
GARGI PARSAI
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Department of Personnel, Public Grievances and Law and Justice, which examined the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013, has suggested that not only bribe-takers but also bribe-givers be punished with imprisonment and fine. Its report was tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
Addressing a press conference here, Committee Chairman Shantaram Naik said: "Bribe-giving, an implicit offence in the Act, will now become an explicit offence."
Some of the witnesses who appeared before the committee said "bribe is paid out of compulsion."
"However, the panel is of the view that those who are forced to pay bribe are duty-bound to report the matter to appropriate authority. No one is free to give bribe and then take shelter under the pretext that he/she was compelled to pay bribe," Mr. Naik said.
The Committee has recommended that the minimum punishment for the habitual offence of corruption be enhanced to five years from three years to synchronise the provisions with those of the Lokpal and Lokayukta Act, 2013. It has also suggested that the provision for seeking sanction of an appropriate authority for prosecution of a public servant accused of corruption be extended to "retired government servant."
"Such a shield," he said, was required to prevent frivolous complaints against public servants.
No comments:
Post a Comment