Daily Mirror: 07/03/2006" By J.A.L. Jayasinghe.
Some 68% of those in the government service appear to be involved in bribery and corruption, a top official said in a shocking disclosure.
Piyasena Ranasinghe, Director General of the Commission probing bribery or corruption told a seminar that if the increasing trend of bribery and corruption continued, it might also spark more terrorism in the country.
The three-day workshop and seminar was organized by the UNDP and the Constitutional Affairs and National Integration Ministry in Kandy from Saturday.
The workshop was held at the Mahaveli Reach Hotel to discuss the tasks of those responsible for Justice in the country.
Mr. Ranasinghe also said it was so tragic that people today were of the impression that hardly anything could be done in the government sector without offering bribes to public servants. He charged that some school principals and top police officials received bribes through third parties, and the general public hardly complained against such acts.
He said the people should be educated about the gravity of giving or accepting bribes and warned the country’s economy would be seriously affected if this trend continued.
Mr. Ranasinghe called upon the people to join hands with the media, the judiciary and civil societies to eradicate bribery and corruption from the country.
Constitutional Affairs and National Integration Secretary Malkanthi Wickremasinghe and several others also addressed the seminar.
Some 68% of those in the government service appear to be involved in bribery and corruption, a top official said in a shocking disclosure.
Piyasena Ranasinghe, Director General of the Commission probing bribery or corruption told a seminar that if the increasing trend of bribery and corruption continued, it might also spark more terrorism in the country.
The three-day workshop and seminar was organized by the UNDP and the Constitutional Affairs and National Integration Ministry in Kandy from Saturday.
The workshop was held at the Mahaveli Reach Hotel to discuss the tasks of those responsible for Justice in the country.
Mr. Ranasinghe also said it was so tragic that people today were of the impression that hardly anything could be done in the government sector without offering bribes to public servants. He charged that some school principals and top police officials received bribes through third parties, and the general public hardly complained against such acts.
He said the people should be educated about the gravity of giving or accepting bribes and warned the country’s economy would be seriously affected if this trend continued.
Mr. Ranasinghe called upon the people to join hands with the media, the judiciary and civil societies to eradicate bribery and corruption from the country.
Constitutional Affairs and National Integration Secretary Malkanthi Wickremasinghe and several others also addressed the seminar.
