Following a number of embarrassing incidents, the Anti Corruption
Commission has once again asked the cabinet ministry to fix the issue of
warrant of precedence with regard to its chairman and two
commissioners.
A separate request has also been sent to the inspector general of police to treat the ACC top officials according to the protocol and to facilitate ACC flag-bearing vehicles.
"ACC is a constitutional body and it warrants respect," ACC chairman Golam Rahman told . He said that ACC commissioners were facing embarrassing situations in state offices and events.
The letter, sent on Jan 8 to the cabinet secretary, said according to the law, the two ACC commissioners were of the same rank as High Court justices.
But they are not listed as such in the warrant of precedence, which is causing embarrassing problems.
The High Court justices are ranked ninth on the warrant, along with election commissioners and persons of state minister status.
An ACC official seeking anonymity told one of the commissioners was seated with government officials at the last Independence Day state event.
Another was barred from using the VIP lounge at Shahjalal University, though his rank permits him to do so.
The official said ACC commissioners faced an embarrassing situation while entering the president's residence, Bangabhaban, with their vehicles on July 25 last year for a state event.
ACC commissioner Shahabuddin Chuppu told that the authorities had been asked to fix the issue once before, but to no avail.
A separate request has also been sent to the inspector general of police to treat the ACC top officials according to the protocol and to facilitate ACC flag-bearing vehicles.
"ACC is a constitutional body and it warrants respect," ACC chairman Golam Rahman told . He said that ACC commissioners were facing embarrassing situations in state offices and events.
The letter, sent on Jan 8 to the cabinet secretary, said according to the law, the two ACC commissioners were of the same rank as High Court justices.
But they are not listed as such in the warrant of precedence, which is causing embarrassing problems.
The High Court justices are ranked ninth on the warrant, along with election commissioners and persons of state minister status.
An ACC official seeking anonymity told one of the commissioners was seated with government officials at the last Independence Day state event.
Another was barred from using the VIP lounge at Shahjalal University, though his rank permits him to do so.
The official said ACC commissioners faced an embarrassing situation while entering the president's residence, Bangabhaban, with their vehicles on July 25 last year for a state event.
ACC commissioner Shahabuddin Chuppu told that the authorities had been asked to fix the issue once before, but to no avail.
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