After meeting anti-corruption commissioner, Lamichhane pledges to clear ‘policy decision’ confusion

Despite its pledge to tackle corruption, the government has yet to amend the CIAA Act to define ‘policy decisions’ and close a loophole that critics say shields high-level wrongdoing from probe.

Nearly five months after taking office on a promise to deliver good governance, the Rastriya Swatantra Party-led government has yet to move ahead with a long-pending amendment that could bring corruption concealed as Cabinet “policy decisions” within the jurisdiction of Nepal’s anti-graft agency.