(Hun Xen´s golden watch for gift during the national election)Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) chairman Om Yentieng said on Wednesday, 17 November 2010 that the new asset declaration policy was the first of its kind in the Kingdom.
“I hope that with this asset declaration policy we will able to show our government officials’ transparency and accountability, as well as reduce and prevent corruption in Cambodia,” he said.
Personally, I think the asset declaration required by ACU is useless unless some articles of the Anti-Corruption Law is amended esp. in the following articles:
- Article 4. the word gift must be clearly explained and defined.
- Articles 6, 11, and 16: These articles minimize the power of the the Anti-corruption Unit (ACU) to effectively fight against corruption. Therefore, the ACU must become an independent institution. With this, the ACU’s leaderships must not be appointed, but they must be elected like congressmen conducted at the same time during the national election. The candidates must not be affiliated in any political party and they must be voted in by a plurality system which the top winner get the chairmanship, and the next winner get the vice-chairmanship. Its budget must be independent from the Cabinet, put under its administration, and passed by National Assembly during the annual national budget session like other ministries. Furthermore, it would be viewed as more effective if the National Council for Anti-Corruption is abolished and establish only the Anti-Corruption Unit with full power to execute its mandate.
- Articles 20 and 39: The property declaration of all government officials must not be done in top secret, but it must be declared publicly and accessible by the public.
- Article 41: Those who provide the false information or the false allegation of corruption should be fined only in order to encourage public involvement in fighting against corruption in the country, but not to jail them.
0 comments:
Post a Comment