THE DCC Government’s much-publicised anti-corruption campaign has hit a dead end, it was revealed last night.

Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, who declared weeding out corruption his number one priority when he took office on December 10, 2014, had been forced , by members in his own camp to backflip on his commitment to bring to Parliament a raft of anti-corruption Bills before his four-year term was over.

Mr Sogavare has now backed out for fear of losing the leadership, insiders said.

“Had he pushed it, he would have lost the leadership,” the insiders said.

The internal tug-or-war over the anti-corruption campaign resulted in many government MPs including ministers abstaining from Parliament last Tuesday forcing the Speaker to adjourn sitting.

An urgent Caucus meeting later that day made Prime Minister Sogavare realise the depth of the political divide on the issue. “It really runs deep,” one insider said.

“One of the things that makes many MPs angry about the anti-corruption campaign is the fact that the boss, with due respect to him, talks too much and too long about corruption, but has done little or nothing at all about it in the last two years,” one insider said.

“Now the campaign is dead. Talks about strategies and all that are mere tactics to save face. The reality is that the anti-corruption drive has hit the dead end.”

The Government initially announced it was introducing three corruption-related bills, including the Ombudsman Commission (Amendment) Bill 2017 and the Whistle Blowers Bill 2017 in this sitting of Parliament.

However, last Friday when Mr Sogavare read out the Order Paper for this week, none of the Bills were listed.

“This means the government is now giving the Anti-Corruption campaign a slow death in order to save someone’s job,” the insider said.