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PM should
be covered by Lokpal: CPI-M
Saturday July 02, 2011 09:09:12 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Communist
Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat
Saturday said the office of the prime minister should be covered
by the Lokpal with adequate safeguards but the judiciary should be
out of its ambit.
"The prime minister should be brought under the purview of the
Lokpal with adequate safeguards," Karat told reporters here.
"The office of the prime minister along with all public servants
was brought under the purview of Lokpal by the V.P. Singh
government in 1989 and also by the parliamentary standing
committee headed by Pranab Mukherjee in 2001. Then why it is being
changed today?" Karat asked.
"It is surprising that the UPA (United Progressive Alliance)
doesn't want to bring PM under Lokpal," he added.
According to Karat, the official draft of the Lokpal "is not the
government's draft, but only a draft by five ministers". "By
avoiding the political parties, you can't pass any bill in
parliament."
While suggesting that "the judiciary too needs to be brought under
scrutiny", he said he did not favour the higher judiciary within
the Lokpal's purview.
To make the judiciary more accountable, the CPI-M wants a national
judicial commission to be set up at the earliest, he said.
Karat said the "battle against corruption can be achieved only
through a comprehensive reform of our political, legal,
administrative and judicial systems and not through one-off or
piece-meal measures".
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