No one is saying you do not ask Anna & IAC the needed questions . The questions on corporate corruption and NGOs are being worded as if they are being specifically exempted by the JLP Bill & as if there are no laws and agencies to curb this menace . The queries have been specifically answered from time to time and repeatedly by IAC . The answers are always ignored & and the same questions are repeated again & again.
Let me explain : The JLP Bill covers all political & bureaucratic corruption, states & center , under one agency & proposes the same set of rules for the Lok Pal & Ayukt & any one involved which includes the biggest of corporate as in 2H to the smallest of contractors as in NREGA indulging in siphoning off of public funds will get investigated under the same set of rules by a single agency mandated to complete the investigation & trail in 2 years. . In case of 2G scam , had the JLP been in force the Ambani's & the Essars would be examined too. The bill will automatically cover all corporate to public corruption matters and examine from directors down to peons if needed . The other famous LP Bill , Aruna Roy's version splits the higher & lower bureaucracy . Take the in case of Karnataka Mining scam , the chief minsters of two states and almost 2000 sate employees right up to those manning the toll gates & barriers were involved . It would be clear to any one that a single agency & same laws for the Lok Pal & Lok Ayukt would be the only fair & effective solution. What rationale is there to split the investigating agency & have two sets of Lok Pal & Lok Ayukt laws ? The IT department & the current CBI anti-corruption wing are mandated to investigate just about any citizen ? Why the big noise about a Super Big Brother here ? Who says that corprates will be exempt ? What may slip thru the JLP bill is if two corpoates or their directors engage in corruption with each other which they often do ; misuse of IPO money, mergers & acquisitions , sale & purchase of assets offer scope for big corruption ... siphoning off funds & profits by promoters & directors for personal use thru various means is the big story here . This is directly a matter for the shareholders as they are the owners of the companies & they get affected . We have a specialist body called SEBI that looks after share holder's interests . We have Company Law Board too that can look in to corporate frauds too . We have a Competition Commission too which has recently imposed a penalty of a few hundred crores on DLF for anti- consumer practices. For minor corporate fraud against consumers we have Consumer Courts . The auditors of the company are the people who should be uncovering these frauds & SEBI & CLB taking immediate & effective cognizance . The auditors are on company payroll . Their power association knows all this does nothing . There is a big clamour that nothing happens even when the auditors uncover fraud ...no cases are filed . In case of Satyam the auditors even failed to do their duty. And SEBI & CLB are like our CBI , CVC & IB they only see what the powers to be want them to see . Here too we have a few shareholder's associations fighting an uneven battle. Talk to them , they will give you very good practical advise on corporate corruption. The solution is to make these bodies more effective & independent of government control like the JLP . The other is too bring the anti- corruption & fraud wings of these bodies under Lok Pal . As we have people already busy curtailing the powers of the JLP Bill on various pretexts , am not sure this corporate thing will reach beyond talk stage. In case of NGOs too , many do not take government funds , specially those that oppose government & the donors have legal means available to check misuse of their funds and to stop donating . The issue of public corruption is huge compared to NGO corruption . The public has no choice , if you do not pay the work does not get done . If we take 50 crore people have paid a bribe or two for ration card , getting rations , driving license , to the traffic policeman , to get property registered, to get IT refund, get a passport , it easily makes a 100 cr or so transactions . Public corruption is India's biggest service industry & so should be the first priority. That is what Anna & IAC are fighting for & why people are with them . In life as in work one needs to prioritize . We have seen cases foisted on Teesta Setvad , Binayak Sen and many other human rights activists & whistle blowers all the time . The nature of the state has become criminal , coercive & dictatorial. We already have the highest number of custodial deaths . There is no talk of according protection to RTI activists even after a dozen have been killed. There is no talk of the Whistle Blower's bill . Sarkar has already tried to discredit Anna & his team in every way possible & is going after them with all the legal means it has ...Baba was asked to cut a deal or be neutralized . He got his wish. Sarkar already has an Amar Singh , DigVijay , Sibbal , Chidambram , Tiwari , the CBI , CVC , IB , Police , IT department ...what else does it need ? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement?hl=en.
