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CABINET TO DISCUSS MEMORANDUM ON ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION BILL FRIDAY
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 17 (Bernama) -- Friday's meeting of the Cabinet will discuss
a memorandum on the proposed Commission on the Prevention of Corruption Bill,
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mohamed Nazri Aziz said
Thursday.
Upon approval by the Cabinet, the bill would be tabled for first reading in
the Lower House of Parliament at the current session, he said, adding that the
second reading would take place mostly likely on Dec 11 after the conclusion of
the debate on Budget 2009.
The bill is one of three which Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi wants
to have passed by the Lower House before the transition of power following the
Umno elections in March next year.
The others are the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill and the
Special
Complaints Commission Bill.
"I have asked the parliament authorities to give priority to the Commission
on the Prevention of Corruption Bill and I hope we can table, debate and pass
the bill at this session," he told reporters after a reception organised by the
Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre
(PICC), here.
Mohamed Nazri said the commission was expected to be set up early next
year.
He also said that the Witness Protection Bill would be tabled at the
current
session of the Lower House of Parliament.
Mohamed Nazri said the memorandum on the Judicial Appointments Commission
Bill was being prepared and would be presented to the Cabinet, if possible, in a
week or two.
"I believe we can table the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill at the
current session of the Dewan Rakyat," he said.
At the same news conference, ACA director-general Ahmad Said Hamdan said
the proposed commission would permit the recruitment of contract staff and
officers experienced in specific fields.
"Right now, we are getting our officers and staff through the Public
Service Commission (PSC) and whomsoever they send us, we have to take in. So, we
have to train them.
"Besides, the commission will recruit suitable officers on contract or
attachment to assist us, to improve our service," he said.
On allegations of irregularity in the government's purchase of helicopters
from Eurocopter to replace the Nuri aircraft now used by the Royal Malaysian Air
Force (RMAF), he said: "We will look into it."
-- BERNAMA
a memorandum on the proposed Commission on the Prevention of Corruption Bill,
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Mohamed Nazri Aziz said
Thursday.
Upon approval by the Cabinet, the bill would be tabled for first reading in
the Lower House of Parliament at the current session, he said, adding that the
second reading would take place mostly likely on Dec 11 after the conclusion of
the debate on Budget 2009.
The bill is one of three which Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi wants
to have passed by the Lower House before the transition of power following the
Umno elections in March next year.
The others are the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill and the
Special
Complaints Commission Bill.
"I have asked the parliament authorities to give priority to the Commission
on the Prevention of Corruption Bill and I hope we can table, debate and pass
the bill at this session," he told reporters after a reception organised by the
Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre
(PICC), here.
Mohamed Nazri said the commission was expected to be set up early next
year.
He also said that the Witness Protection Bill would be tabled at the
current
session of the Lower House of Parliament.
Mohamed Nazri said the memorandum on the Judicial Appointments Commission
Bill was being prepared and would be presented to the Cabinet, if possible, in a
week or two.
"I believe we can table the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill at the
current session of the Dewan Rakyat," he said.
At the same news conference, ACA director-general Ahmad Said Hamdan said
the proposed commission would permit the recruitment of contract staff and
officers experienced in specific fields.
"Right now, we are getting our officers and staff through the Public
Service Commission (PSC) and whomsoever they send us, we have to take in. So, we
have to train them.
"Besides, the commission will recruit suitable officers on contract or
attachment to assist us, to improve our service," he said.
On allegations of irregularity in the government's purchase of helicopters
from Eurocopter to replace the Nuri aircraft now used by the Royal Malaysian Air
Force (RMAF), he said: "We will look into it."
-- BERNAMA
