FW: Anna Hazare's fast
Maheswari Selvaraj
From: Ananthalakshmi S
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 12:45 PM
Subject: Anna Hazare's fast
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Dear All,
By now, you all must have heard about “Anna Hazare’s fasts unto death”, “Jan LokPal Bill”, “India Against Corruption Movement” etc… I’ve tried to get everything under one roof with some latest updates. See if you can pitch in with even the smallest of your contribution in any way. Forwarding this mail to your contacts is also a kind gesture of your contribution towards this movement.
Latest News:-
• Anna Hazare’s fasts enters third day
• Govt in dilemma as Anna's fast enters third day
• Anna Hazare's 5-point letter to PM
What is “Jan Lokpal Bill”
Drafted by Justice Santosh Hegde, Prashant Bhushan and Arvind Kejriwal, this Bill has been refined on the basis of feedback received from public on website and after series of public consultations. It has also been vetted by and is supported by Shanti Bhushan, J M Lyngdoh, Kiran Bedi, Anna Hazare etc. It was sent to the PM and all CMs on 1st December 2010, but there has been no updates on its implementation since then.
1. An institution called LOKPAL at the centre and LOKAYUKTA in each state will be set up
2. Like Supreme Court and Election Commission, they will be completely independent of the governments. No minister or bureaucrat will be able to influence their investigations.
3. Cases against corrupt people will not linger on for years anymore: Investigations in any case will have to be completed in one year. Trial should be completed in next one year so that the corrupt politician, officer or judge is sent to jail within two years.
4. The loss that a corrupt person caused to the government will be recovered at the time of conviction.
5. How will it help a common citizen: If any work of any citizen is not done in prescribed time in any government office, Lokpal will impose financial penalty on guilty officers, which will be given as compensation to the complainant.
6. So, you could approach Lokpal if your ration card or passport or voter card is not being made or if police is not registering your case or any other work is not being done in prescribed time. Lokpal will have to get it done in a month’s time. You could also report any case of corruption to Lokpal like ration being siphoned off, poor quality roads been constructed or panchayat funds being siphoned off. Lokpal will have to complete its investigations in a year, trial will be over in next one year and the guilty will go to jail within two years.
7. But won’t the government appoint corrupt and weak people as Lokpal members? That won’t be possible because its members will be selected by judges, citizens and constitutional authorities and not by politicians, through a completely transparent and participatory process.
8. What if some officer in Lokpal becomes corrupt? The entire functioning of Lokpal/ Lokayukta will be completely transparent. Any complaint against any officer of Lokpal shall be investigated and the officer dismissed within two months.
9. What will happen to existing anti-corruption agencies? CVC, departmental vigilance and anti-corruption branch of CBI will be merged into Lokpal. Lokpal will have complete powers and machinery to independently investigate and prosecute any officer, judge or politician.
How different is it from the existing legislative system
Why fasts unto death? Will our deaf government listen to this?
Last time when Anna sat on fast -
• 6 corrupt ministers in Maharashtra had to resign
• 400 corrupt officers were dismissed from job
• 2002 - Maharashtra RTI Act was passed
• 2006 - Central Government withdrew its proposal to amend Central RTI Act
Now Anna is fasting to demand Jan Lokpal Bill. JAN LOKPAL BILL will act as deterrent and instill fear in the minds of corrupt people.
Last but not the least…What can YOU Do?
· Sign up to fast for a day to show your Solidarity with Anna Hazare
· Keep a tab on this initiative by checking the latest news
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