The
Commissioner of the Fiji Independent Commission Against
Corruption has criticised some young Public Servants for “engaging in devious
acts”.Speaking at the annual Young Leaders Seminar, Rashmi
Aslam said that when the Commission was established in 2007 the understanding
was that it would target long-serving Public Servants who had learned how to
manipulate the system.
“Today we see that was a misconception as we have
noticed a number of young people are involved in corruption-related activities
which are as prevalent now as they were 15 years ago,” Mr Aslam (pictured) said.
“The most common cases include fraud, bribery,
obtaining financial advantage and abuse of authority.”
Mr Aslam said that in the recent past, the
Commission had witnessed some of the biggest personalities in Fiji’s society
caught out because of a lack of integrity, bringing shame to themselves, their
families and the people who followed them.
“It is the responsibility of the Commission to
protect the future of the country from those who would seek to use their
position to undermine it,” Mr Aslam said.
“When the future generation take up important roles
in society, the nation has to have a generation of leaders who are ready to
lead with integrity.”
He told seminar participants that as young leaders
they were the invaluable asset of this country and he hoped they would grow up
as a generation that valued the principles of honesty and integrity.
“The objective of the seminar is to empower the
future generation to build their personality with one of the most important
values of humanity — integrity,” Mr Aslam said.
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