ACC finalises its organogram with 1369 manpower

Dhaka, April 20 (BDNEWS) - In a major development, the Anti-Corruption Commission Wednesday finalised its organogram with 1369 manpower to run the anti-corruption watchdog, which remained crippled since its formation on November 21 last year. At a meeting held its Agargoan office in the city Wednesday noon, the three-member commission took the decision unanimously. The commission, at the meeting, also approved the criteria of screening out the now defunct Bureau of Anti Corruption (BAC) officials to absorb into the commission. As per meeting's decision, the commission will send the organogram to the cabinet division by a day or two. "We were working with the organogram for the last two months but could not come to a consensus for our split opinions over the matter," ACC Chairman justice Sultan Hossain Khan told newsmen after the meeting. "Now, I think all the divisions are over and we can look for future activities," he added. The ACC chairman also termed the Wednesday's meeting as an epoch-making in the commission's five-month history and said it would surely revitalise the exhausted commission. Earlier, three separate drafts of the commission's organogram were prepared by three persons. Of them, Prof M Moniruzzaman, one of the commissioners of ACC, prepared an organogram with 946-manpower, while Moniruddin Ahmed, another commissioner, placed other draft recommending 1400 manpower for the commission. Another draft report made by Prof Aminuzzaman of Dhaka University was recommended 867-manpower. "We finalised the organogram by assessing all the drafts we received," the ACC chairman said adding: The BAC officials will be screened out on the basis of their ACRs, personal files and their service track records. Asked about the content of his letter sent to the Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia recently, he said, "Actually, I wanted to inform her about the obstacles we are facing in running the commission and why it became inactive over the last few months." "Certainly, I'm happy over the meeting. I think this is the first successful meeting in the commission in its last five months," the chairman added. According to the proposed organogram, the ACC will have a chairman and two commissioners. It will also have five executive directors equivalent to the post of additional secretary and six directors. There will be 14 joint directors, 21 public prosecutors (PPs), 10 senior PPs, 39 deputy directors, 11 assistant directors, 183 second class employees and 945 third and fourth class employees to run the commission. The commission will also have six divisional offices each headed by a joint director and 19 regional offices each headed by a deputy director. The district offices of the commission will be headed by an assistant director. The ACC, since its formation on November 21 last year, hits the headlines of the newspapers and electronic media several times for its controversial decisions and failed to run it effectively due to internal conflict among the members. BDNEWS/1720 hrs