Nepal’s corruption watchdog holds out Pope as model against corruption ‎

Nepal's corruption watchdog is calling on bureaucrats and politicians to adopt the "simple life" and non-‎ostentatious lifestyle of Pope Francis, following the release of the 2014 Corruption Perception Index ‎‎(CPI), published each year by Transparency International.  According to the index, things in Nepal have ‎worsened, with the Himalayan nation dropping from 116th to 126th position.  In fact, the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority ‎‎(CIAA) has arrested hundreds of government officials on corruption charges in recent months.  "Our ‎political leaders and bureaucratic officials should live simple life like Pope Francis. … we should learn ‎from him that we should rise above our personal materialist life and work for society and the country," ‎CIAA spokesperson Shreedhar Sapkota said.  "When our souls are deserted," he said, "there is no spirituality, there is no love for humanity and when we run after lavish ‎and showy lifestyle, we can't improve."  CIAA officials said they were doing "everything possible", ‎laying the blame for corruption on politics, "which is getting worse and worse."  ‎(Source: AsiaNews)‎ ‎