Full of corruption scams
Corruption has become n a chronic in the country. One of the major factors for the country remaining undeveloped despite having abundant natural resources plus foreign aid and grants flowing in, is rampant corruption at all the levels of federal structure. As long as, there is corruption, the country cannot make acceptable progress. In recent months, a high-profile corruption case, the fake Bhutanese refugee scandal, rocked the nation, involving high-ranking politicians, former ministers, senior bureaucrats and a bunch of intermediaries. A few days ago, officials of The Department of Revenue Investigation confiscated 100 kilos of gold outside the Tribhuvan International Airport. This is the largest haul of gold in the country’s history.
Some of the big corruption cases which socked and defamed the nation are the Sudan Peace Mission Corruption Scandal, OMNI Scandal, Security Printing Press scandal, the wide-body scandal, COVID Vaccine scandal, the Lalita Niwas Land Grab scandal, the 10 billion TSC scandal, Dhamija and Lauda scandals, among others. The involvement of high-profile politicians and bureaucrats shows a well-established corruption network operating in the country, where influential people seem to abuse their authorities for personal gains. Corruption erodes social norms and values affecting justice, equality, accountability, transparency and good governance. Most of the suspected high-profile political leaders involved in these big corruption scandals were not even tried because of their political influence and protection.
Transparency International published the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI)-2022 on January which showed Nepal ranking at 110th out of 180 positions with 34 points. The CPI is a measurement of corruption and calibrated from zero to 100, with 100 being a clean country and with zero being the most corrupt nation. Considering the level of frustration and fury of the people out in the streets and in the social media, the 10-party coalition government does not seem to have options other than support and instruct the investigating authorities to swiftly act on these corruption cases and punish all the culprits including their own political leaders. If it will fail to act timely, chances of people’s level of frustration might get exploded causing serious social and political disturbances.
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