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Government urged to demarcate between anti-corruption units
2010/07/30 16:20:35 |
Taipei, July 30 (CNA) A senior and highly reputed lawyer urged the government Friday to draw clear lines of demarcation between a new anti-graft agency that is being set up and the Central Anti-Corruption Committee that was established in 2008.
Speaking at a meeting convened by the Central Anti-Corruption Committee under the Executive Yuan, C.V. Chen said he "had expected that the new anti-corruption agency would be at a higher level."
According to President Ma Ying-jeou's directive, the new anti-graft agency will be under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ).
Since the new agency is set to be established under the MOJ, Chen said, the relationship between the existing committee and the planned agency, as well as their respective duties and functions, should be clearly defined and demarcated.
Meanwhile, Premier Wu Den-yih instructed the MOJ to review the functions and duties of the Central Anti-Corruption Committee and take steps to link the committee's operations to the new anti-corruption agency under the MOJ so that the two organizations can achieve synergy.
Vice Premier Sean Chen instructed Justice Minister Tseng Yung-fu to make arrangements for facilitating collaboration between the two organizations.
In a move to help build a clean government, Ma proclaimed July 20 that the new government agency to fight corruption among public servants will be established.
Ma said the new agency will be under the MOJ rather than under the direct jurisdiction of the head of state or the government -- as is the case in Singapore and Hong Kong -- because of Taiwan's different legal system.
The president explained that under the "civil law" system used in Taiwan, the operation of the system would be ruined if the anti-corruption agency were to be put under either the head of state or the government.
The Central Anti-Corruption Committee formally became operational in August 2008, with the premier and vice premier as unpaid conveners.
The committee was aimed at promoting probity and integrity in the administration, to strengthen corruption prevention and to monitor anti-corruption work. (By Lee Ming-tsung and Deborah Kuo) ENDITEM/J
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