President calls for boycotting corrupts socially

Expressing his firm determination to curb corruption from the country at any cost, President M Abdul Hamid Thursday asked all concerned to socially boycott the corruption and corrupt people. "Boycott the corruption and corrupt individuals socially. . . There is no alternative to forging a universal resistance against corruption in establishing rule of law," he said.

The head of the state also asked to start campaign against corruption from respective houses as his recorded speech was aired at an anti-corruption discussion at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy here. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), the anti-graft watchdog of the country, organized the discussion on "International Anti-Corruption Day 2021".

President Hamid said the honest, sincere and devoted people need to be evaluated socially as it would help reduce the corruption in the society. Urging the ACC officers and employees to show utmost neutrality and morality at all levels, he directed to ensure that the image of the entire ACC is not tarnished for some individuals' controversial activities.

Noting that corruption is the main obstacle to development, Abdul Hamid said, "The identity of a corrupt person is that he or she is a corrupt.  Whatever party a corrupt person belongs to, he or she must be brought under the law if any corruption is committed." The head of the state said the ACC will have to play its firm role in curbing corruption in the days to come. 

At the same time, Hamid called upon all concerned not to tempt any person or organization to gain any unethical advantage through corruption.