Posted by: republican July 26, 2005
Deuba, Singh get 2 years jail, Rs 90 million each fine
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Frankenstein, For a person who knows nothing about the case, you sure seem to spew forth information as if you know them to be facts. What you've said in the few posts so far have been exactly what's been published in the newspapers in the past few months, so its quite clear you're just repeating what you've read or heard in the news. Let me comment on some of your remarks: "With what prove are you terming them innocent, they cancelled a valid contract and awarded the same contract in double price to another contractor. there is no ground to prove them innocent..." Yes, the initial contract was cancelled but the contract wasn't arbitrarily awarded to somebody else at jacked up prices. The contract was awarded after a new bidding process. If the winning contractor had the lowest bid among the new bidders, it doesn't matter how high the prices were compared to the previous bidders. "One beurocrat commited suicide of shame because of getting indicted in this case as far as all remaining are concerned they are all equally responsible.. no one is innocent.. " This is a good example of you reading a news snippet a few months ago and so confidently using it to justify the current fiasco. I know you're talking about Dinesh Pyakurel, who committed suicide in June. You probably read that he was the former executive director of the Melamchi project and immediately came to your conclusion. Pyakurel was the FORMER executive director and he was replaced before even the FIRST bidding process was started. And he wasn't never connected to the current case, let alone be indicted for it. I don't know where you're getting these weird ideas from. " Moreove, comission was equally right about not considering ADB"s report as evidence for its judicail inquiry, because AdB's commision was a private commission formed by ADB which has not affiliation with nepalese govt and judiciary. If you start considering those report as evidence then you have chaos all around.. " ADB has every right to investigate any wrongdoings in this project because it is the primary donor (pledging $120 million) and has every reason to make sure that its money isn't falling into the hands of corrupt individuals. That's why I believe the ADB when it says it hasn't found any evidence of corruption in this case. Let me tell you something. The ADBs and the WBs prefer working with the current government setup because it's more centralized and apparently less bureaucratic. If they has discovered any wrongdoings, I'm sure they would have no qualms in divulging the facts. '" Above all you just look at the property they have accumulated from that itself even a dumb bling person can tell how head to toe corrupt they are.. and it goes for all most every politicians and beurocrats... " Yes, they could be corrupt and they could've amassed property from other shady deals. I'm just talking about this case. If Deuba has tons of property, it doesn't necessarily mean that he got money from the Melamchi project, does it? Your assertion hardly proves anything. " If it was not corruption why did one person suicide of embarassement, why are Deuba and Prakash manshing afraid of fighting against the case, they know they are guilty and they can not win... they are just trying to get away with it in the name of Gyanendra's authoritian rule... " There is the suicide story again. Please read what I wrote above about that. Deuba and Prakash Man Singh were not afraid of fighting the case. They knew they would be pronounced guilty no matter what the facts were. They adopted the 'political vendetta against us' strategy which seems to be working since the people in the streets are riled up. ------- I hate it that it seems like I'm in bed with Deuba, protecting him from the big bad wolf. I actually don't like the person and don't think he was ever fit to be the Prime Minister of any country. But I sure as hell won't buy this whole RCCC thing. I'm mad at the process and this whole Shakespearean drama. Lazywally, I share your sentiments. I don't understand how people can call this a fair trial just because they're mad at Deuba for being an incompetent Prime Minister.
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