8.5 Independence and Integrity of Commission for Investigation of

Abuse of Authority The independence's architecture: The constitutional rank: the commission as the constitutional organ (not a department) — the powers from the constitution itself; The appointment's insulation: the Constitutional Council's recommendation; the security of tenure (the removal only on the specified grounds through the specified process); The financial autonomy: the independent budget (the commission's own secretariat and staff); The functional autonomy: the investigation's independence — no ministerial direction (the guardian's work uncommanded). The integrity's safeguards (the guardian guarded): the commissioners' qualifications and disqualifications; the conduct's accountability (the annual report; the parliament's oversight); the prosecution's own errors reviewable (the Special Court and the Supreme Court above the CIAA itself). The exam's closing paragraph: the CIAA's independence is constitutionally designed but politically tested — the vacancies' delays, the appointment's majoritarian capture and the resource-limits are the standing challenges; the commission's strength is the citizen's complaints stream itself — the anti-corruption regime's democratic oxygen. Exam Focus Long questions: (i) The ombudsman — introduction, nature, authority, and the complaints-investigation-report process (the classical model) + Nepal's position (the CIAA as the specialized cousin; no generalist ombudsman); (ii) The CIAA's powers and functions (the investigation → Special Court prosecution line as the marking difference from the classical ombudsman); (iii) The CIAA's independence and integrity (the architecture + the critiques). Short questions: maladministration; the special report;…