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Thoughts, gentlemen? What advice you guys will give to Imran Khan and his 9 months old government?
Well, you asked for thoughts so here it is...
A long, boring post i did in some threads about MBS model for Pakistan, a version of it that may be acceptable to courts, a legal and constitutional way to achive getting back a large chunk of looted wealth.
The Pakistan version of MBS solution is staring us right in the eyes, all be it at the expense of, the financially corrupt including any political leadership of any party and their aiders and abetters...so be it, who cares.
Summery:
The solution is to make the jail and trial conditions extra tough and consequences of not plea bargaining so politically and physically horrific for convicted financial pirates and their aiders and abettors that it forces them to plea bargain and return their loot in exchange for some carrot as in any carrot and stick scenario.
The carrot could be reduced sentence, reduced disqualification period, possibility of bail and better jail conditions etc etc that at the moment they enjoy and take for granted such luxuries like A,B,C class jail cells as their birth right.
Explanation:
The Government should sit with the concerned civil and military stakeholders i.e. judiciary, legal and military minds to work out and bring an ordinance against the economic pirates, their aiders and abetters so the looted wealth could be brought back.
The posters here are requested to give their input as to how we can come up with some better laws than the ones suggested below...Something along the lines of the following off the cuff:
- In case of such financial crimes involving public money or public property in excess of a hundred million rupees (more or less), the case shall be Fast tracked in courts. Three months in trial court and one month each for appeals and review.
- The punishment for such white collar financial and public money embezzlement crimes and jail terms from now onwards shall be double of earlier.
- Once convicted: the criminals shall be put in common jails and common jail cells. (No option of "home arrest" or "rest house" sub jail luxuries)
- If the convict opts for plea bargain then they shall be eligible for the following possibilities:
- Right to engage personal legal council.
- Right to appeal for reduced sentence of 1 year jail term.
- The benefit of early plea bargain shall entitle the convict to get relevent A,B,C class cell in jail for the remainder of their sentence (which could be aforementioned 1 year reduced sentence.)
- The plea bargaining convict shall stand disqualified for only 10 years (instead of life DQ for non plea bargaining criminal)
- If the convict does not do plea bargain then following strict restrictions shall apply:
- Government appointed lawyer for defendant. No private legal council.
- Disqualification for life
- All asset confiscation
- Two generations of his/her blood line (of the economic pirate) shall be disqualified to hold any position of power or title in Government or any political party (the two generations still can enjoy fundamental right to run for elections and become common members but not hold any title of power in government.)
- The convict shall not get any class but common jail cell, nor any special treatment in jail.
- There shall be no bail allowed to such convict at any stage unless plea bargaining is done.
To simply put it in so many words; If the financial terrorists don't plea bargain then they can rot in common jail cells without any facilities for the rest of their useless lives...
The nature of affluent, white collar, elitist criminals is such that they will not be able to spend a week in any of our common jail cells. If they still develop guts and dont pay up, then good for them to live like those they looted - like majority of Pakistan - instead of ever be able to enjoy their looted wealth.