By Nicholas Bass
National Assembly Member for Serrekunda West Constituency, Hon Madi Ceesay, has noted that the anti-corruption bill has passed the rejection stage.
“Anti-Corruption Bill has suffered several setbacks after the report of the Committees of the House of Parliament was submitted for adoption. It was rescheduled three times in the orders of the sitting of the Parliament,” Madi Ceesay explained in an interview with The Voice.
Hon Ceesay stated that there is no possibility of the rejection of the Anti-Corruption Bill at the House of Parliament.
He said the process of the Anti-Corruption Bill before the House of Parliament is almost at its tail end while he is looking forward for it to be passed into law this month (September) against corruption.
He further pointed out that the Anti-corruption will control corruption if it becomes a law, and it will provide the establishment of independent Anti- anti-corruption commissioners who shall prosecute alleged corrupt individuals.
The government has seen the need to come up with the Anti-Corruption Bill to stop corruption. “It is not a hidden fact that corruption is rampant in the Barrow government and an extension to other sectors as well.”
He concluded that once the Anti-corruption is passed as an Act, an independent Anti-Corruption Commission will be set up to prosecute alleged corrupt individuals, noting that the Bill will treat everyone equally without putting NAMs as special people.
Meanwhile, according to the 2019 Anti-Corruption Bill in Section 3 (2) sub-section 2 (a) and (b) read that ”The Commission is a body corporate with perpetual succession on and a common seal and may sue and be sued in its corporate name; enter into contracts, acquire, hold, manage and dispose of the property.” Section 3 of the Bill (Anti-Corruption) also revealed that the members of the Anti-corruption shall be appointed by the President after consultation with the Public Service Commission.
