Kathmandu, Nepal: Deep Basnyat has been recommended as the Chief Commissioner of the Commission for Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA). Basnyat has been serving now the CIAA as the acting Chief Commissioner of CIAA.
A meeting of the Constitutional Council (CC) held on Tuesday recommended Basnyat as the Chief of the anti corruption body. As per the constitutional provision, the recommendation of the CC has to be endorsed by the Parliamentary Special Hearing Committee before making appointment from the head of state.
The post of the Chief Commissioner of the CIAA was lying vacant after the Supreme Court (SC) had declared disqualified to then Chief Commissioner Lokman Singh Karki.
