Serious Battle Against Corruption is a Must! Justice Minister C emil Cicek announced that the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government will present to Parliament, as soon as possible, a draft law that includes an effective battle against bank looters. Cicek also wants Parliament to discuss this issue urgently. Undoubtedly, the most important problem in Turkey is corruption economy. The most competent administrators report that [bank] siphoning is the main cause of the economic crisis. Almost everyone has made sharp comments about the fight against corruption, however, there has not yet been any satisfactory progress to ease public conscience. The state institutions have failed to show the same decisive attitude, that they have employed in fighting against religious reactionarism, in the battle to eradicate corruption.
Thus, those responsible have gone scot-free. There have been a few feeble attempts but they did not last long. I say this decisively: there is inverse proportion between the fight against religious reactionarism and the battle against corruption. That is, whereas the fight against religious reactionarism is carried out intensely, corruption is enjoying its golden era [in Turkey]. If you do not believe, look at the siphoning adventures of the banks. Banks should be kept under close watch during the period when a massive campaign has been launched against the government’s efforts to eliminate the obstacles facing religious high school graduates.
The Term Paper on Anti Corruption
Corruption is found in the government when instead of thinking about the interests of the citizens as a whole, the members of the government are chiefly interested in promoting their own selfish interests. Corruption is found in both public and private organizations and everyone starting from the clerk to the Managing Director of a company is corrupt in a way or the other. The clerk takes small ...
The state treasury should be protected more carefully. Again, attention is being drawn to different areas due to religious high school issue. It is of paramount importance to pay special attention to the bank sip honers these days. Unfortunately, the reflex of the state in the fight against corruption has failed to yield the expected results. Another February 28 was needed to stimulate corruption in the economy, but it could not really be carried out, nevertheless it was done, but only to a small extent. We could not see the sufferings of the looters.
It is right for the AKP government to change the legislation in order to combat corruption in the economy and it is indebted to society on this issue. AKP’s existence and power are also indebted to the power of corruption in the economy. Had the center-right parties not vanished due to corruption, AKP would not have been so strong. Hence, AKP has to repay these debts today. By fighting in a more effective way against corruption, it has to show the results obtained to the public.
To achieve this goal, AKP has to do whatever is necessary and also has to fill all the loopholes. Cicek’s statement shows that the government will take a step in this direction. This would also be an advantage for CHP, which pledged to combat corruption during the pre-election period, and AKP hopes to get CHP’s support in this battle. There is a very strong will against corruption in Parliament. The commission chaired by AKP Deputy Azm i Ates, has investigated corruption cases for months and has arrived at very striking results.
It has discovered those who were responsible for the economic crisis and the perpetrators of interest lobby. You may recall the news, it caused a big uproar on the agenda. Some were included in an open report and some in closed one. The report, which was in the Parliament speaker’s office for a while, was distributed to deputies this week. It will most likely be discussed at the general council this week.
Deputies will be assigned according to the report and notices of malpractices will be submitted to the courts. Some politicians may be sent to the Supreme Court, among them are those whose cases have been assessed as confirmed, and former Cabinet members. Moreover, new investigation commissions will also come to the agenda. The public will never forgive those who intend to ruin the report or use it as a notion for political battle. In the past, using the investigation commissions as a ground for political fights played a crucial role in wearing politics out. The same risk is valid for today’s Parliament as well.
The Term Paper on How We Can Strength Pakistan Economy
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I hope both AKP and CHP are aware of this danger. Deputies should act according to their consciences by discarding any kind of political consideration. If the two parties dare use the corruption issue as a weapon against each other, it would hinder the results right from the very beginning. It appears CHP has some plans in this regard. That would mean undermining the corruption issue as it happened in the past.
Cicek is very right when he said that Turkey’s sovereignty and credibility abroad depend on the fight against corruption. The public expects results rather than words and there is more hope now than ever before. Turkey’s real problem is not the religious high schools but the corruption in the economy. The society expects a serious battle against this social evil.
