Reform Commission recommendations are ready.
As part of the state reforms, the government has formed 11 commissions. Out of these, 5 important commission recommendations will be submitted to the interim government led by Dr. Yunus this week. After this, a dialogue will be organized with the political parties and stakeholders. It is learned that the dialogue process on the reforms will begin this month. The chief advisor will travel abroad for 5 days from January 20. Then the dialogue may begin.
Interim government sources said that the date of the dialogue may be announced this week. Preparations are underway to organize a dialogue with registered political parties, teachers, students, organizers and representatives of civil society who played a role in the July-August coup. However, whether all the advisors of the interim government will attend the dialogue or the National Consensus Building Commission will organize the dialogue; it has not been finalized yet.
A source said that the National Consensus Building Commission may organize the dialogue and invite the advisors. However, the Awami League, the Jatiya Party and the 14-party alliance parties will not be invited to this dialogue.
After the fall of the Awami League government on August 5, six reform commissions were formed in the first phase to take forward the reform activities in various sectors of the state. On October 3, the Election System, Police, Judiciary, Anti-Corruption Commission and Public Administration Reform Commission were formed. These five commissions were given 90 days to submit their reports to the Chief Advisor. Accordingly, their reports were to be submitted by January 2. And on October 6, the Constitutional Reform Commission was formed. These commissions were to submit their reports by January 5. On November 4, the Chief Advisor held a meeting with the heads of the six commissions of the first phase. In this, the Chief Advisor was informed about the progress of the work of the commissions. These six commissions have opened websites to collect opinions, held dialogues with stakeholders, exchanged views, conducted surveys and collected opinions in writing. These proposals and opinions have been reviewed and a report has been prepared to prepare recommendations.
Among these, The Public Administration Reform Commission, Police Reform Commission, Anti-Corruption Commission Reform Commission, Electoral Reform Commission and Constitutional Reform Commission have been given time till January 15 to submit their reports. And the Judicial Reform Commission has been given time till January 31 to submit their reports. It is learnt that the recommendations of the five commissions are ready. The reports of these commissions will be submitted till January 15.
According to the information received, these recommendations suggest several changes in the constitution including the introduction of a bicameral parliament, an upper house in the parliament, a 4-year term of parliament, more than two prime ministers, a deputy prime minister, a vice president, a referendum provision and a balance of power between the prime minister and the president.
Meanwhile, the chief advisor to the interim government, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, said that a ‘National Consensus Commission’ will be announced with the heads of the six reform commissions formed in the first phase. In his address to the nation on the occasion of the Great Victory Day on December 16, Dr. Yunus said that the work of this commission will be to establish consensus through exchange of views with all parties, including political parties, and to make recommendations for implementation. Chief Advisor Dr. Muhammad Yunus will serve as the chairman of the National Consensus Building Commission. The Chief Advisor mentioned that one of the tasks of the National Consensus Building Commission is to quickly build consensus on all important decisions for holding elections and finalize the advice on when the elections can be held after discussing with everyone.
Stating that the ‘election roadmap is coming soon’, Foreign Affairs Advisor Md. Touhid Hossain said on Saturday that the Foreign Affairs Advisor expressed hope regarding foreign investment that once the election roadmap is announced, investors will feel secure and investments will come. He said, we have a difficult task ahead of us. And we hope that a roadmap will come very soon. Then confidence will easily return among them.
Meanwhile, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has once again raised the demand for elections as soon as possible, saying that while reforms are necessary, no one can give them legitimacy except an elected government. Last Thursday, he told the interim government, create a framework; reforms are definitely necessary. But the power behind those reforms is an elected parliament; an elected government. Without this, we will never be able to give legitimacy to the reference.
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