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Malegaon:
A broad-based consultation among Muslim organisations was held
August 23 at the All India Muslim Majlis-e Mushawarat (AIMMM)
Central Office in New Delhi to discuss and formulate the Muslim
community's stand on the Lokpal issue.
The meeting, chaired by AIMMM
President Syed Shahabuddin, was attended by representatives of
Jamaat-e Islami Hind, Markazi Jamiat Ahle Hadees, All India Milli
Council, Welfare Party of India, Muslim Political Council,
Students Islamic Organisation and Lok Janshakti Party. A
representative of the CPIM also took part as a special invitee,
said a press release issued after the meeting.
According to the AIMM release, the
meeting decided that the Muslim community as a weaker section must
fully support any movement to reduce and eliminate corruption in
the country. It supports the idea that the proposed Lokpal should
cover the political executive, including the Prime Minister and
the higher Bureaucracy and the Legislators should also be brought
under the purview of a strong and effective Lokpal.
"However", it added, "The community
has reservations about the methodology adopted by Anna agitation
which seeks to impose its draft of Jan Lokpal Bill on the country.
The same method may be used tomorrow to pressurize the Government
and the Parliament to concede unreasonable, even unconstitutional
demands. Democracy demands Parliamentary supremacy in the field of
legislation which should be based on national consensus emerging
out of discussion and dialogue. No Committee or group or party can
claim to have absolute wisdom or script the last word."
"The Meeting was of the view that
the creation of a single entity to fight all kinds of corruption
at all levels is not a correct approach because such a mega
authority, amounting to a super-government or a parallel
government, will be impracticable and crumble under its own weight
and breed new sources of corruption", the statement added.
"The Meeting agreed that corruption
in judiciary should also be tackled but separately and for that
reason it should not come under the purview of the common Lokpal.
Its independence cannot be allowed to be undermined.
The Meeting also came to conclusion
that lower bureaucracy should have a separate complaint-redressal
system, which should be effective and be subject to monitoring by
the Lokpal", it said.
"The Meeting demanded that the
corporate sector, the NGOs, the professional classes and the mass
media must also be made accountable through separate legal
mechanisms to Lokapal-like controls", the statement said.
"The Meeting was of the view that
the existing mechanism of Lokayukt, the CVC and the CBI should be
strengthened and freed from government control", it said.
"The Meeting was also of the view
that basic political and electoral reforms were essential, to
create a corruption-free super-structure of governance.
Finally, the meeting stressed the
need for creating social awareness and a transparent environment
so that struggle against corruption becomes a common task of all
enlightened citizenry", the AIMM press release said.
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