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Friday, June 17, 2011

Discussion with EC_ Jatio Shomaj Tantrik Dal


June 17, 2011
JSD for caretaker in next 2 polls

Citizen rights group prescribes new formula

Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Inu), a partner in the Awami League-led alliance government, has suggested the next two parliamentary elections be held under non-partisan caretaker governments.
The suggestion came in a dialogue the party held with the Election Commission yesterday, its leaders said.
JSD leaders at the talks also underlined the need for a strong Election Commission to hold free, fair and transparent elections.
"It will be a major political challenge to establish an impartial and strong election commission after the tenure of the current commission expires,” Inu told reporters emerging from the dialogue.
“So, until a strong commission is formed, next one or two general polls should be held under the caretaker government," he said, without explaining it further.
An eight-member JSD delegation led by Inu joined the dialogue with the EC at the commission secretariat in the city as part of EC's ongoing dialogue with political parties.
Inu said his party favoured introduction of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in phases.
JSD general secretary Nurul Sharif Ambia, CEC Dr ATM Shamsul Huda and other officials of the commission, among others, attended the dialogue.
Also yesterday a citizen rights group came up with a new idea for a caretaker government system at a press conference in the city.
The Shangbidhanik Adhikar Forum proposed that the president appoints the chief election commissioner the chief advisor of the caretaker government along with 10 advisers five each from the ruling party and the opposition.
The caretaker government, the forum said, will complete the national election within sixty days. In case of emergencies like natural disasters, the government will get another 30 days.
"Neither the advisers nor any of their children or siblings will participate in the national election," suggested Suranjan Ghosh, member secretary of the platform.
In another development Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami skipped its meeting with the EC scheduled for 3:00pm yesterday.
Talking to The Daily Star, Jamaat Acting Secretary General ATM Azharul Islam said, "We will take decision about joining the dialogue after discussion with our party leaders. If we would not go, then we will inform the commission through letter."
Earlier, main opposition BNP did not attend the dialogue that was scheduled to be held on June 13.
The EC on June 7 launched dialogues with the political parties for their opinion on some key issues like Representation of the People Order; laws on demarcation of constituencies and appointment of election commissioners; and use of electronic voting machine

Press conference BAL Secretary About Caretaker Government Issue


Caretaker talks anywhere, anytime: AL

Fri, Jun 17th, 2011 6:31 pm BdST
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 The Awami League general secretary has said his party is ready to discuss the caretaker issue with the opposition BNP anytime, anywhere — in or outside parliament.

Syed Ashraful Islam on Friday told a press briefing that his party did not want to take decisions unilaterally. "We'll wait until the end."

"We're hopeful that [BNP chairperson] Khaleda Zia will discuss the issue. We're ready to discuss it anywhere in or outside parliament," he said.

The press briefing was held at the Dhanmondi office of the party president, prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

"Letter will be issued formally, if they want. The letter can be sent within [Saturday], if necessary," he added.

Ashraful, however, said the next general election would be held after amending the constitution in line with the court verdict if BNP did not join discussion.

"Khaleda Zia will not be able to oppose then. It'll be a democratic process," he said.

This is a major shift in the party's position that had so far maintained that opposition must come back to parliament to talk the contentious issue.

The Awami League president, prime minister Sheikh Hasina, recently asked the BNP to join parliament and place an 'alternative formula'.

The opposition maintain that they would not join the next general elections without a caretaker government in place.

Khaleda at a press conference on Thursday rejected the proposal for discussion.

She said: "She [Hasina] keeps saying over and over something that is not there in the verdict. The verdict says 'the Constitution (13th Amendment) Act. 1996 (Act 1 of 1996) is prospectively declared void and ultra vires the constitution'. Which means the system is not void yet.

"The verdict will be effective only after holding of the next two elections under the caretaker system. This is, in fact, mentioned in the latter part of the verdict," she added.

If the caretaker provision is retained, the former prime minister said, she was willing to join such discussions either 'inside or outside parliament'.

The Supreme Court on May 10 repealed the 13th Amendment to the constitution that introduced the caretaker government, but said the next two general elections could be held under unelected rulers.

The special parliamentary committee on charter review has proposed to cancel the system.

Ashraful's unconditional offer came a day before a belligerent BNP was scheduled to announce a new course of campaign including possibly another round of nationwide shutdown.

BNP, along with its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami staged two general strikes demanding that the system be retained.

Only last week, BNP enforced a 36-hour lockdown throughout Bangladesh, the first such harsh antigovernment campaign since the Awami League returned to power two and a half years ago.

KHALEDA MISINTERPRETATION

Khaleda had said Hasina was puzzled with the court verdict. She said there might be discussion with the government only if the declaration to retain the caretaker government system came.

In reply, Ashraful termed Khaleda's speech 'self-contradictory, false and the worst example of political opportunism'.

"Not only this, she also tried to misinterpret Supreme Court verdict which amounts to contempt of court," he said.

The local government minister said, "Khaleda Zia in her speech said the caretaker government system was not declared scrapped or illegal in the Appellate Division verdict.

"Not following the main verdict, she has spoken of its observations. She misinterpreted the observation as the main verdict," he added.

Ashraful went on: "Basically, it was said in the observation that the next two general elections may be held under caretaker governments. The words 'may be held' were clearly mentioned in the observation."

"She wants to turn 'may be' into 'must' forcefully. She wouldn't have made this mistake if she had the least knowledge of English."

The scathing remark aside, Ashraful said Khaleda had made some positive remarks at the press briefing.

"Khaleda Zia said there might be discussion with the government on who will be the next caretaker government chief, and having an impartial Election Commission and administration," he said.

"She will join discussion on caretaker government issue, too. With my political experience, I can say that she will join the discussion finally."

"She has no way other than discussion," Ashraful said. "In the last parliamentary elections, she said 'no' to every issue, including transparent ballot box and voter list with photos. But finally she said 'yes' to all and joined the elections."

About the apex court observation that if parliament wants, the next two general elections could be held under caretaker governments, Ashraful said, "We're trying to take a decision about all the issues through discussion with the opposition because of this [the observation]."

Press conference Of Khaleda Zia About Caretaker Government Issue


16/06/2011(Thursday)

Khaleda sets conditions for dialogue





BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia said yesterday the constitutional provision of installing a non-partisan caretaker government to oversee general elections remains legal in spite of the recent Supreme Court verdict.

Addressing a crowded press conference at her Gulshan office in the capital, the leader of the opposition in parliament accused Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of making “wrong and confusing interpretations of the verdict.”

Khaleda quoted part of the verdict where it says, “The Constitution (Thirteenth amendment) Act. 1996 (Act 1 of 1996) is prospectively declared void and ultra vires the constitution.”

This clearly means, she said, the illegality of the provision will not be effective now.

Hartal is Possitive For Inviornment....(PM Sekh Hasina)


Shun hartal, talk Caretaker Government issue in House: PM
Sun, Jun 5th, 2011 3:39 pm BdST



The prime minister has termed the opposition hartal illogical and called upon it to come up with its proposals on the caretaker government issue in parliament.

"The issue, over which the opposition called the general strike, is not justifiable. They [opposition] don't care for the court order. I urge them to place their proposals, if any, in parliament," Hasina said on Sunday.

"The door to parliament is always open," she said while inaugurating International Environment Day programmes at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre.

BNP and its key ally Jamaat-e-Islami enforced the daylong countrywide general strike protesting the government move to annul the caretaker government provision.

Earlier, the prime minister called upon the opposition to offer their views at a Ganabhaban press conference on May 31 and later at a meeting with Awami League executive council on Friday.

In reply, opposition chief Khaleda Zia told a Saturday media brief, "The prime minister has said there was no scope to retain the caretaker government. On the other hand, she has been urging the opposition to opine on the issue inside the parliament. What worth it would be to opine if there was no scope?"

Meanwhile, state minister for environment and forest Hasan Mahmud has criticised the shutdown. He said, "The opposition has inscribed a stigma on the face of the nation. They exhibited their imprudence and lack of commonsense through the shutdown."

'SAVE ENVIRONMENT'

Reading out from her written speech, Hasina urged all to act in concert to save the environment.

"Many animal species are getting vanished. We have to decide now how to save the environment," she said.

She expressed concern over the increasing rate of pollution along with the global development, and dwelt upon the government initiatives for making the surface and rain water usable. She also urged to keep the Effluent Treatment Plants (ETPs) active in factories.

Hasina advised on reining in the use of chemicals in households to check water pollution. She also urged the environment department to take effective initiatives to stop unnecessary use of horn for easing sound pollution.

She also suggested making 'hall-block', an alternative to brick, by using cement and coarse sand of river bed.

This time the environment day is being observed with the theme "Forests-Nature at Your Service".

This year, the Institute of Forestry and Environmental Science of Chittagong University got the National Environment Medal for its contribution to conservation of environment.

Institute director Khaled Mesbahuzzaman received the medal from the prime minister.

On the other hand, EOS Textile Mills Limited got the National Environment Medal for checking environmental pollution, while Sundarban Samarthak Committee bagged it for environmental education and campaign.

Committee convenor Mohammad Liakat Ali also received the medal from the prime minister.

Later, the prime minister handed over prizes to the winners of Environment Day sketch and essay competitions 2011 and 2010.

Programmes of the Environment Day 2010 were postponed due to the dreadful Nimtali fire.

Environment and forest ministry acting secretary Mesbah Ul Alam and environment department director general Manwar Islam also addressed the programme.

After inaugurating the programme, the prime minister took her seat in the audience and watched a documentary film on saving Buriganga River and another Geetinatya (lyrical drama) performed by Shilpakala Academy.

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Why The Movment of Runnig Caretaker Gvernment Issue.


Supreme Court Judgement-Contradiction and opportunism marks JS panel report

THE report that the parliamentary special committee on constitution amendment finalised on Sunday, containing as many as 51 recommendations, is loaded with contradiction and smacks of political opportunism. It also undermines the committee’s self-professed claim to restore the constitution on the ideals and values that defined the people’s struggle for freedom, which culminated in the successful nine-month long war of independence in 1971. The people put their lives on the line, against the Pakistani occupation forces in the hope of establishing a state that will be politically republic, culturally secular and economically egalitarian. Regrettably, however, the committee has recommended retention of Islam as the state religion, at the same time suggesting that the state’s policy should be religion-neutral and that the state shall not afford any political status to any religion. The obvious contradiction could be explained by the inadequate understanding of secularism by the committee at best and a crude attempt at securing the sympathy and support of the Islam-pasand electorate at worst.
Moreover, the recommendation that the people of Bangladesh will be known as Bengali by nationality and Bangladeshis by citizenship is not only in contravention with the core principles of democracy but also an affront to the national minority communities. Worse still, the committee has recommended insertion of the word ‘upajati’ to define the national minority communities, a definition that these communities have clamoured against for years. Such a blatant manifestation of Bengali chauvinism is an impediment to Bangladesh’s natural progression to a citizens’ state from a nation state and risks undermining the progress towards achieving natural peace in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. It may also rekindle mistrust in the ethnic minority communities of the intent of the Bengali ruling class.
The least said about the recommendation for reinstatement of socialism as one of the fundamental principles of the constitution the better. The ruling Awami League has long ceased to be a party ideologically inclined to socialism, if it ever were, and pursued neo-liberal economic policies, at the behest of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and other multilateral lending agencies, especially since the 1980s, a fact that the committee members should be aware of more than anyone else. Hence, its recommendation for a return to socialism as a state policy is essentially a ploy to hoodwink the people at large.
Finally, in recommending repeal of the non-party caretaker government provision, although it had earlier decided to propose two caretaker models for the prime minister to choose from, the committee showed, once again, where the ultimate power rests. Moreover, by proposing constitutional recognition of the slain president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as the father of the nation and incorporation of his ‘declaration of independence’ in ‘the early hours of 26th March, 1971’, an issue that historians have not yet been able to reach a consensus on, in the constitution as well as inclusion of his March 7, 1971 public speech in its schedule, besides recommending that his portrait should be preserved and displayed in public offices, government, semi-autonomous and private organisations, government and non-government educational institutions, and foreign missions in Bangladesh, the committee seems to have only subscribed to the idea of perpetuating the practice of cultism and dynasticism in politics. These are just a few examples; there are more.
The committee is claimed by its key members to have sought to weed out the distortions that different regimes—elected or unelected, civilian or military—had caused to the constitution since 1975 and to restore the constitution of 1972 ‘in line with the [recent] Supreme Court verdict.’ In reality, however, the committee appears to have been driven by the same intent and impulse that it claims dictated the constitutional amendments since 1975—tailoring the constitution to partisan needs. Most importantly, the report and the recommendations therein are loaded with the risk of instigating a political crisis that may eventually set back the existing political process. Hence, the ruling party would be well-advised to give the report a second thought, instead of pushing the amendments through by dint of its numerical strength in parliament.

Debet On Caretaker Government Issue


No one-sided decision

PM says BNP needs to give JS its formula even if next 2 polls are held under caretaker system


If the next two general elections are to be held under caretaker governments then the main opposition BNP must go back to the parliament with its formula for that, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday.
"The Supreme Court already declared the caretaker government system illegal. If anything new has to be done, it has to be done through discussions in the parliament, and the opposition must come with its formula," the premier was quoted by a cabinet minister as saying.
The prime minister was briefing her council of ministers at a weekly cabinet meeting in Bangladesh Secretariat about the parliamentary special committee's recommendations for amending the constitution.
Informing the cabinet in detail about the recommendations, Hasina, also the president of ruling Awami League said, "Nothing one-sided will be done."
The premier told the cabinet that discussions must be held if two more general elections are to be held under caretaker governments without involving the judiciary, in line with the Supreme Court's observation.
She questioned who will be the chief adviser to the caretaker government now after the Supreme Court's observation that judges should be kept out of the interim government.
"If we propose a name, they [BNP] will certainly oppose that person no matter whether he or she is neutral or even pro-BNP. Who will be the chief adviser -- a civil bureaucrat, a civil society member, or any other professional? So BNP will have to give its formula," Hasina was quoted as saying by cabinet members.
She also questioned what will be the format of the new type of caretaker government.
If the parliament says that the next two general elections can be held under a new formula then that has to be discussed, she said.
The door is still open for the opposition to place their formula, said the prime minister.
Hasina told the meeting that the case challenging the legality of the caretaker government system was not filed by AL, nor was it filed during its tenure.
"The case was filed during your [BNP's] tenure, so we have nothing to do with the issue after the judgment, and we can't be blamed for the cancellation of the caretaker government system," Hasina said.
She said her government wanted improvement of the caretaker government system since many untoward incidents took place during all caretaker regimes, and politicians were massively victimised under those untoward circumstances.
A coup was attempted during the tenure of Justice Habibur Rahman-led caretaker government in 1996; a massive number of government officials were transferred and put on special duties during Justice Latifur Rahman-led caretaker government in 2001; and a political crisis occurred in 2007 after Iajuddin Ahmed appointed himself as the chief adviser to a caretaker government, said the prime minister adding that those incidents were not at all pleasant for politics and politicians.
The premier also informed the meeting about the proposals for maintaining Islam's status as the state religion, allowing religion based political parties, and continuing to keep the Arabic phrase Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim above the preamble of the constitution. About the proposal for not scrapping those three provisions from the constitution she said the reality has changed in the 38 years since the enactment of the original constitution in 1972.

FORM OF CARATAKER GOVERNMENT

According to the constitution (Running) who would be ad-visor and Ad-visors -

According to constitution:

CHAPTER IIA
NON-PARTY CARE TAKER GOVERNMENT

58B.   Non-Party Care-taker Government  
  (1) There shall be a Non-Party Care-taker Government during  the period  from  the date on
which the Chief Adviser of such government enters upon office after Parliament is dissolved
or  stands dissolved by  reason of expiration of  its  term  till  the date on which a new Prime
Minister enters upon his office after the constitution of Parliament. 

(2) The Non-Party Care-taker Government shall be collectively responsible to the President. 

(3) The executive power of the Republic shall, during the period mentioned in clause (1), be
exercised, subject  to  the provisions of article 58D(1),  in accordance with  this Constitution,
by or on the authority of the Chief Adviser and shall be exercised by him in accordance with
the advice of the Non-Party Care-taker Government. 

  (4) The provisions of article 55(4), (5) and (6) shall (with the necessary adaptations) apply to
similar matters during the period mentioned in clause (1).   

58C.   Composition of the Non-Party Care-taker Government, appointment of Advisers, etc.  
  (1) Non-Party Care-taker Government shall consist of the Chief Adviser at its head and not
more than ten other Advisors, all of whom shall be appointed by the President. 

(2) The Chief Adviser and other Advisers shall be appointed within  fifteen days after Par-
liament  is dissolved or  stands dissolved, and during  the period between  the date on which
Parliament  is dissolved or stands dissolved and  the date on which  the Chief Adviser  is ap-
pointed,  the Prime Minister and his cabinet who were  in office  immediately before Parlia-
ment was dissolved or stood dissolved shall continue to hold office as such. 

(3) The President  shall  appoint  as Chief Adviser  the person who  among  the  retired Chief
Justices of Bangladesh retired last and who is qualified to be appointed as an Adviser under
this article: 
Provided that if such retired Chief Justice is not available or is not willing to hold the office
of Chief Adviser, the President shall appoint as Chief Adviser the person who among the re-
tired Chief Justices of Bangladesh retired next before the last retired Chief Justice.

(4) If no retired Chief Justice  is available or willing to hold the office of Chief Advise, the
President  shall  appoint  as Chief Adviser  the  person who  among  the  retired  Judges  of  the
Appellate Division retired last and who is qualified to be appointed as an Adviser under this
article: 
Provided  that  if  such  retired  Judge  is  not  available  or  is  not willing  to  hold  the  office  of
Chief Adviser,  the President shall appoint as Chief Adviser  the person who among  the  re-
tired Judges of the Appellate Division retired next before the last such retired Judge.


 
(5) If no retired judge of the Appellate Division is available or willing to hold the office of
Chief Adviser,  the President  shall,  after  consultation,  as  far  as practicable, with  the major
political  parties,  appoint  the  Chief  Adviser  from  among  citizens  of  Bangladesh  who  are
qualified to be appointed as Advisers under this article. 

(6) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Chapter, if the provisions of clauses (3), (4)
and (5) cannot be given effect to, the President shall assume the functions of the Chief Ad-
viser of  the Non-Party Care-taker Government  in addition  to his own  functions under  this
Constitution. 

(7) The President shall appoint Advisers from among the persons who are- 
(a)  qualified for election as members of parliament; 
(b)  not members of any political party or of any organisation associated with or affiliated
to any political party; 
(c)  not,  and  have  agreed  in writing  not  to  be,  candidates  for  the  ensuing  election  of
members of parliament; 
(d)  not over seventy-two years of age. 

(8) The Advisers shall be appointed by the President on the advice of the Chief Adviser. 

(9) The Chief Adviser  or  an Adviser may  resign his office by writing under his hand  ad-
dressed to the President. 

(10) The Chief Adviser or an Adviser shall cease to be Chief Adviser or Adviser if he is dis-
qualified to be appointed as such under this article. 

(11) The Chief Adviser shall have  the status, and shall be entitled  to  the  remuneration and
privileges, of a Prime Minister and an Adviser shall have the status, and shall be entitled to
the remuneration and privileges, of a Minister. 

  (12) The Non-Party Care-taker Government shall stand dissolved on  the date on which  the
prime Minister enters upon his office after the constitution of new parliament.   



Police Action and picketing on Caretaker Government Issue

Some Picture of Picketing and police action againest BNP and Jamat E Islami Leaders 
About 500 hundreds people are injured police action and Awaami league terror Action
About  3 hundreds are arrested by police 


Image are Below collected By Bangladesh newspapers  








Monday, June 6, 2011

Press conference Of Khaleda Zia About Caretaker Government Issue


Shekh Hasina(PM) closes door to discussion: Khaleda(opposition Leader)

 



The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Saturday Said that, the prime minister of closing all doors to discussions on the caretaker government issue and warned of tougher, non-stop movement if the government did not step back on its move to scrap the caretaker government provision.
‘The prime minister is trying for political gains by triggering controversies with contradictory statements. A few weeks ago, she said that caretaker government would be retained. And now on the plea of a controversial verdict, she says that there is no scope for retaining the provision,’ she alleged.
‘If there remains no scope for retaining the caretaker government provision, why should the opposition place its arguments? She has closed the door to discussion,’ Khaleda said at a jam-packed news conference in her office at Gulshan in the evening.
‘We emphatically say that the government did not take any mandate from people to scrap provisions for holding parliamentary elections under the caretaker government. So, the arrangement of elections under the political government on the plea of court ruling or on any other excuses will not be acceptable to people and not to us as well,’ she said before Sunday’s nationwide general strike in protest at the move to revoke the caretaker government system.
Khaleda said that the BNP would go for tougher, non-stop movement if the government did not refrain itself from the evil attempt at doing away with the caretaker government system. ‘The provision for the caretaker government in the constitution will have to be retained as it is after the 13th amendment.’
Khaleda said that the prime minister could anticipate the results if fair elections were held now. ‘So, she is conspiring to hold the elections being in office and change the people’s mandate by mechanical or digital rigging of the polls with the so-called electronic voting machines.’
‘We know it well that if she fails to hold elections being in office, she will try to form the caretaker government headed by her loyal former chief justice Khairul Haque,’ Khaleda said.
Khaleda said that the authority to amend the constitution lies solely with the parliament and not with any court. So, the implementation of any court ruling regarding the constitution amendment was not mandatory for the parliament, she added.
She came down heavily on the court ruling regarding the constitution amendment saying that it was not a unanimous verdict. ‘The judges could not reach a consensus over it. Majority of the people criticised it and it is not given in keeping with laws and the constitution. It is contradictory, weak, illogical and controversial,’ she said.
The government is conspiring to revoke the caretaker government provision by changing the constitution on the plea of the verdict of a judge loyal to the government. ‘Even the Awami League government is trying to avoid part of the verdict which allows the holding of the next two general elections under the caretaker government,’ she said.
Khaleda said that the BNP had called a daylong general strike for Sunday. ‘It is not to serve the purpose of any individual or any party. It is in the national interest to protect the people’s right to franchise,’ she said.
In response to a question on the call of the businesspeople for withdrawal of the general strike, Khaleda said, ‘That businessman is controversial. He is a cadre of the Awami League. His opinion does not count

Press conference Of Khaleda Zia About Caretaker Government Issue


Shekh Hasina(PM) closes door to discussion: Khaleda(opposition Leader)



The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Saturday Said that, the prime minister of closing all doors to discussions on the caretaker government issue and warned of tougher, non-stop movement if the government did not step back on its move to scrap the caretaker government provision.
‘The prime minister is trying for political gains by triggering controversies with contradictory statements. A few weeks ago, she said that caretaker government would be retained. And now on the plea of a controversial verdict, she says that there is no scope for retaining the provision,’ she alleged.
‘If there remains no scope for retaining the caretaker government provision, why should the opposition place its arguments? She has closed the door to discussion,’ Khaleda said at a jam-packed news conference in her office at Gulshan in the evening.
‘We emphatically say that the government did not take any mandate from people to scrap provisions for holding parliamentary elections under the caretaker government. So, the arrangement of elections under the political government on the plea of court ruling or on any other excuses will not be acceptable to people and not to us as well,’ she said before Sunday’s nationwide general strike in protest at the move to revoke the caretaker government system.
Khaleda said that the BNP would go for tougher, non-stop movement if the government did not refrain itself from the evil attempt at doing away with the caretaker government system. ‘The provision for the caretaker government in the constitution will have to be retained as it is after the 13th amendment.’
Khaleda said that the prime minister could anticipate the results if fair elections were held now. ‘So, she is conspiring to hold the elections being in office and change the people’s mandate by mechanical or digital rigging of the polls with the so-called electronic voting machines.’
‘We know it well that if she fails to hold elections being in office, she will try to form the caretaker government headed by her loyal former chief justice Khairul Haque,’ Khaleda said.
Khaleda said that the authority to amend the constitution lies solely with the parliament and not with any court. So, the implementation of any court ruling regarding the constitution amendment was not mandatory for the parliament, she added.
She came down heavily on the court ruling regarding the constitution amendment saying that it was not a unanimous verdict. ‘The judges could not reach a consensus over it. Majority of the people criticised it and it is not given in keeping with laws and the constitution. It is contradictory, weak, illogical and controversial,’ she said.
The government is conspiring to revoke the caretaker government provision by changing the constitution on the plea of the verdict of a judge loyal to the government. ‘Even the Awami League government is trying to avoid part of the verdict which allows the holding of the next two general elections under the caretaker government,’ she said.
Khaleda said that the BNP had called a daylong general strike for Sunday. ‘It is not to serve the purpose of any individual or any party. It is in the national interest to protect the people’s right to franchise,’ she said.
In response to a question on the call of the businesspeople for withdrawal of the general strike, Khaleda said, ‘That businessman is controversial. He is a cadre of the Awami League. His opinion does not count

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Background of concept of Caretaker Government

The concept of Caretaker Government was totally new before 1990.Although there is a controversy regarding the person that introduced the concept first in Bangladesh . Bangladesh Jamat-e-Islami claim that he was Professor Golam Azam, the then Amir of the Party who introduced the concept first. On the other Hand Awami League tend to credit their leader  Sheikh Hasina(opposition leader in 1994) For introducing such a concept. all the then(1994) opposition parties in parliament was in favour of the proposed system finally they united became and created pressure on government to introduse a bill in the parliament on Caretaker Government. But then ()1994) Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP) (then Power party) does not want Caretaker Government. At the final stage of their movement, the opposition parties resigned from the parliament called for non-stop strike(HORTAL) until the government resign. At one point of the movement, the government introduced the 13th Amendment Bill regarding caretaker government and finally passed it. Today the system of caretaker Government is the part of of our constitution. But recently (02/06/2011)  present Prime minister (Sheikh Hasina) Declare that 13th Amendment bill will be withdraw from constitution. That means no caretaker government in Bangladesh. On the Other hand Khaleda Zia(present opposition leader) Declare Government can not Do this. If they want to do this we are will called Strike. first call strike the issue of Caretaker Government 5 June 2011, Thats Called by (BNP and Bangladesh Jamat e Islami.)

Begum Khaleda Zia, Present opposition leaders of the Parliament

Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister Of Bangladesh



The Caretaker Government In Bangladesh

Elections are considered to be medium through which a democratic government work. It provides the mean of power transformation. As democratic government requires regular elections to the parliament, the question of free and fair election is also important. The preamble of the constitution of Bangladesh recognizes the fundamental aim of the state as to realize the democratic process for establishing a society free from exploitation. Article 11 the term democratic   process further, the republic shall be democracy .. in which effective participation by the people through their elected representatives in administration as at all levels shall be ensured. Thus after liberation , all the government including two military governments, overlook the question of free and fair election. Thus after down fall of left. coronal Hussain Muhammad Ershad in 1990, the parties in movement invented the concept of caretaker government. So that no party can influence the very process of election. Since then four consecutive elections have been held under Four Caretaker governments. (1990,1996,2001,2008). But  present government declare that caretaker government system no need at time. and that is why this the very hot issue for Bangladesh.

About Bangladesh: Caretaker Govenment Issue

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