Anti-Corruption Commission Chairman Mohammad Badiuzzaman speaks to the reporters at his office in the capital on Thursday.
The investigations conducted by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) are free from any political bias, newly appointed ACC Chief Mohammad Badiuzzaman said on Thursday.
“The ACC probe into the graft charges regardless of their political backgrounds,” Badiuzzaman said.
He was addressing a press briefing at the ACC’s Shegunbagicha office in the capital a day after he was appointed as the new chairman of the anti-graft body.
So far, the ACC have received over 300 requests from the national committee for withdrawal of politically-motivated cases.
“But the anti-graft body refused to accept the requests as it has already submitted charge sheets in these cases,” he added.
He identified the lengthy procedure of the existing judicial system as one of the main reason behind the “ineffectiveness” of the ACC.
He also urged the government to pass the amendment on the Anti-Corruption Law 2004, which is waiting to be placed before the parliament, as soon as possible.
Source: The Daily Star