Commenting on the report, the acting chief of the CIAA, Lalit Bahadur Limbu, said that the commission made 637 decisions this year, which he termed as “success” for the CIAA. “Even by international standards the success rate is above satisfactory,” Limbu said addressing a press conference. The CIAA has claimed that out of 4,149 complaints filed last year, CIAA settled 3,303 cases through 212 meetings. The report termed the settlement of cases as 79.6 percent improvement in its work.
As per the report, the CIAA contributed Rs 51.77 million to the state coffers during the last fiscal year.
Limbu, however, added that the CIAA´s “jurisdiction must be broadened” as the commission is prepared to investigate especially illegally amassed property. Among the cases dealt by the CIAA last year, its investigations on illegal properties remained the weakest, according to reports.
Also speaking on the occasion, Bed Prasad Siwakoti, a commissioner said, “The commission has been successful in dealing with traditional-type corruption cases, however we lost most of the cases related to illegally amassed property.”
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