The rule of law means a society is governed on the basis of laws enforced equally. Corruption in Bangladesh creates an environment whereby some people are given privileges due to their ability to pay bribes. A rule-of -law society is based upon the trust and faith of the people that they are governed on the basis of laws enforced in a fair, just, and reasonable manner. Corruption undermines this basic trust. This especially weakens sovereignty in democratic polities, where legitimacy and popular will are essential requisites for an authority to call itself sovereign. In Bangladesh, corruption is recognised as a law enforcement issue. The laws against bribery are part of the criminal law enforcement mechanisms. Even the institutional mechanisms available are largely based on the law enforcement machinery investigating allegations of corruption and prosecuting wrongdoers. But this approach puts corruption along with other offences criminal law attempts to punish. However, corruption , if understood from the standpoint of its consequences for the rule of law, human right , and development, has a negative impact on state sovereignty. Transparency in governance is crucial to ensure the state exercises its powers in a responsible manner. Corruption of the institutions of the state does not allow the state to capacity and the law enforcement machinery is weak.
Corruption in the many cases such as share market scandal, different projects under the communications ministry examined provides a telling example of how the agents of the state either assume that their individual and clique prosperity translates into state prosperity and sovereignty or simply do not care for anything beyond personal enrichment . In both cases , the example of Louis XIV who claimed,'I am the state,' serves as a sensible reminder. Sovereignty in Bangladesh exercised as untrammelled power to exploit and dis-empower the citizens is an anachronistic idea that sadly prevails at many levels of governance in Bangladesh. Sovereignty exercised as a responsibility with human development as the end is the wave of the future that has not yet gained prevalence.May hurt our pride to admit it; however , the fact of the matter is that while there have been significant developments Bangladesh is still one of the most corrupt countries on the world map. The Corruption Perception Index, compiled by Transparency International organisation which conducts annual surveys attempting to aggregate perceptions of corruption within countries, ranks Bangladesh a lowly 139 out of a list of 180 nations. The war against corruption is formidable and not going to be easy to win. Wherever government money is spent or collected , there should be tight scrutiny which is the greatest need of this moment.
Corruption in the many cases such as share market scandal, different projects under the communications ministry examined provides a telling example of how the agents of the state either assume that their individual and clique prosperity translates into state prosperity and sovereignty or simply do not care for anything beyond personal enrichment . In both cases , the example of Louis XIV who claimed,'I am the state,' serves as a sensible reminder. Sovereignty in Bangladesh exercised as untrammelled power to exploit and dis-empower the citizens is an anachronistic idea that sadly prevails at many levels of governance in Bangladesh. Sovereignty exercised as a responsibility with human development as the end is the wave of the future that has not yet gained prevalence.May hurt our pride to admit it; however , the fact of the matter is that while there have been significant developments Bangladesh is still one of the most corrupt countries on the world map. The Corruption Perception Index, compiled by Transparency International organisation which conducts annual surveys attempting to aggregate perceptions of corruption within countries, ranks Bangladesh a lowly 139 out of a list of 180 nations. The war against corruption is formidable and not going to be easy to win. Wherever government money is spent or collected , there should be tight scrutiny which is the greatest need of this moment.
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