ACC staff to work from home as many tests positive for COVID-19

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has stated that their staff are currently working from home – subsequent to many having tested positive for COVID-19.

ACC’s media official Hassan Manik told Sun tonight that they have brought changes to hours which the reception will be opened for service – as many staff had tested positive. In this regard, he detailed that the reception will be open from 10:00am in the morning to 14:00pm in the afternoon.

Hassan Manik also stressed that all other services of the Commission can only be requested and obtained online from now on.

“Work is going well. But, because there are no members in the Commission at present, all work pertaining to cases have halted,” he added.

The President’s Office is currently accepting applications for ACC membership. The deadline has been extended till 12:30 pm on January 31. 

Parliament’s Independent Institutions Committee decided in November that they would recommend the dismissal of members found to be underperforming following their review. Following its review – the Committee voted to initiate the process of dismissal of all members of ACC in early December as they uncovered the Commission had over 16,000 pending cases.  

On December 26, the Committee recommended a vote of no-confidence motion on the Parliament floor against the ACC members.

Two of the commission’s members – Ibrahim Shakeel and Ali Ashraf – resigned after the committee began its review.   

The remaining members; the commission’s president Mariyam Shiuna, vice president Fathimath Anoola, and Aishath Abdulla – tendered their resignation a day after the no-confidence motion was taken.