Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) on Thursday has strongly opposed the move by the members of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism to relax security checks and arrange separate queue for VIPs at the airports.
Urging the government to refrain from such decision, the organisation expressed grave concern over the matter and termed it unconstitutional, discriminatory and misuse of power.
TIB issued a statement expressing their concern after the report over the issue was published in the media recently.
The anti-graft watchdog also said the proposal will not be aligned as per international rules and regulations in terms of the security management of airports.
According to the statement, TIB Executive Director Dr. Iftekharuzzaman said such proposal is suicidal for democratic practices.
“So we hoped that the government should not encourage such move”, he said.
On April 7, at a meeting, a member of the standing committee on the ministry requested to relax security check and arrange separate queue for VIPs, including MPs, at the airports.
After that all the members agreed on the issue and placed it to the ministry for review.
