| ashu |
Posted
on 28-May-01 03:09 PM
Well, the Lauda verdict is in, from the CIAA, that is.
Now expect the CIAA to lose all its cases in the
court in coming weeks.
(This country really needs sharp trial lawyers or
prosecutors who are not afraid to die to nail the
corrpt. With our smartest students not going to
law school to be trial lawyers, our legal
mechanism/process has been khattam and jhoor.)
PM Koirala has been "made aware", in the twisted
language of the CIAA, that -- surprise, surprise --
he'd been presiding over a corrupt cabinet.
And all this time, I had thought that Koirala's
ministers were actually members of that saintly
bhajan-mandali from Pashu Pati Nath, singing Ram
Ram!!
Who knew?
And Lauda Air's two FOREIGN representatives are to be
arrested and tried in Nepal.
Yeah, right.
Curiously, the CIAA voted 3-2 to do nothing against
Lauda's local agent -- Dinesh Lal Shrestha -- who,
I strongly suspect is at the root of this
million-dollar Lauda mess. If this guy hadn't
gone around bribing politicians, Lauda wouldn't
have come to Nepal.
I wonder how those foreign reps bribed Nepali
politicians without the knowledge/paticipation
of their local friend -- Mr. D L Shrestha.
Then again, Mr. Shrestha -- I was a mere toddler when
he graduated from St. Xavier's in 1975 -- is a smart
man who can easily charm the shoes off Imelda Marcos
(oops, I meant, Sujata Koirala!)
Well done, Mr. Shrestha, well done!!
Ah, to be smart, rich, well-connected and to be able
to get away with the loot involving millions of dollars
from the national treasury . . . now that's really
smart business, man.
After all, let Chataut and Company eat
"jail ko hawa", right?
Girija is safe.
Sujata is safe.
Lauda's local agent is safe.
Lauda's Italian/Austrian agents will never
be caught.
As always, Girija has the last laugh.
oohi
ashu
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| Biswo |
Posted
on 28-May-01 04:17 PM
We can argue against CIAA, but there can be other reasons why
CIAA didn't file cases against the ones you mentioned.
First of all, CIAA is so knee-deep in this case, that it has been
of personal interest for the prosecutors. The failure to persecute
the accused in this case will be another blow to the organization
and ,probably, personal blows to the persecutors whom the corrupt
leaders and their mouthepieces have been regularly accusing of
working without any basis.
May be Dinesh and others haven't left any credible papertrail
behind them.
It will be a good start even if the CIAA can successfully
prosecute these people this time.
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