Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Adviser Dr. Asif Nazrul on Thursday evening said the six commissions announced by the interim government to bring reform in six major sectors will start their works by October 1 next.
“The committees of the six reform commissions will start works within October 1 and we hope that they will be able to submit their reports within December 31 next,” he said while speaking at a press briefing at Foreign Service Academy in the capital, reports BSS.
Later, based on their reports, the council of advisers led by chief adviser will start dialogue with the political parties on reform thoughts, Asif Nazrul said.
Besides, he said, there will be broad-based consultations with the representatives of all sections of the society. “Once the reports are submitted, those will be made open online to get reflect from all,” he added.
The law adviser said the expectation created by the student-people revolution was not limited within elections but it was a question of the state reform and a dream of establishment of real democracy in the country.
He said it is necessary to reform the state so that the fascist forces cannot emerge again in the country and that kind of thoughts was reflected through the student-people movement.
Speaking at the press briefing about formation of the six reform commissions, Chief Adviser's Special Assistant Mahfuj Alam said the country’s people were repressed by fascist rules in the last 15 years.
Before holding a free, fair and democratic election, it is the responsibility of the interim government to bring reform in the institutions that were destroyed by the fascist government, he said.
Based on people’s experiences of the last 53 years (after independence), Alam said, it has been observed that these institutions were not working in protecting the interest of commoners and that is why the institutions will be restructured.
Primarily, the six reform commissions have been formed and those will work on priority basis, he said, adding that the commissions would present reform proposals before the government within next three months after holding consultation and dialogue with different stakeholders.
Mentioning that the commissions will be independent ones, Alam said the names of the members of commissions will be announced soon and their course of actions will be revealed.
He said proposals of more commissions were discussed at the meeting of advisers’ council today.
Dr Badiul Alam Majumdar, the head of electoral system reform commission, said the objectives and activities of the commissions and the expectation from those were discussed elaborately.
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