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Indemnity will be explained in JS, says Moudud

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Law Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Barrister Moudud Ahmed yesterday said the recent ordinance indemnifying actions of the joint forces during the 'operation clean heart' will be placed before the parliament and made a law.
"I will give answers in parliament and the opposition will get a lot of scope to debate and criticise it", he said responding criticisms of the ordinance.
He was speaking at the launching ceremony of a book --"South Asia: Crisis of Development: The Case of Bangladesh" -- written by him. The University Press Limited (UPL) published it.
Apparently giving an excuse for being involved in preparation of the ordinance, Moudud said, as a minis
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ter he had to draft law and ordinance which did not always match his personal views.
Held at the CIRDAP auditorium in the city, the function was presided over by renowned economist and managing director of Grameen Bank Dr. Mohammad Yunus.
Former vice-chancellor of Dhaka University Dr Emazuddin Ahmed, The Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam, Holiday Editor Enayetullah Khan, Dr Devapriya Bhattacharia, Executive Director of Centre for Policy Dialogue, Dr Mizanur Rahman Shelly, Nazim Quamran Chowdhury and Mohiuddin Ahmed, Managing Director of University Press Limited also spoke at the function.
Moudud said he made some academic observations in his book on gas export.
Explaining his position, he said if the country has any surplus resources it should be utilised at this moment.
Moudud said the main theme of his book is to raise some key questions why South Asian countries are lagging far behind South East Asian countries in development.
Dr. Mohammad Yunus urged political leaders in South Asia to strengthen the SAARC and tighten the bondage among nations for overall development of the region.
"We will have to develop cooperation first before going for globalisation. Otherwise, all our development efforts will be slowed down".
He also urged politicians to free administrations and politics from corruption and to do "something meaningful" for the people.
In Bangladesh, politicians
always talk much but hardly implement decisions urgent for national development, he said. For example, information technology is yet to be opened for the masses only because of political indecision, he added.
Although Bangladesh has advantages over other nations in the region in different fields it is lagging behind in development because of some "artificial problems", Yunus said.
Criticising the recent ordinance, Mahfuz Anam said indemnifying alleged crime is a great tragedy for the whole nation.
He presented some positive and negative features of the book. Appreciating the 12-point suggestion made in the book, Mahfuz Anam hoped those will be implemented by the government as the author is a member of the cabinet.
He also criticised the government for not taking adequate initiatives to reduce the acrimony between the major political parties in the country.
The Daily Star editor also thanked the author for writing such a book while remaining directly involved in politics.
Dr. Devapriya pointed out that the book did not give any suggestion regarding revocation of the Special Powers Act and setting up of an independent anti-corruption bureau and a human rights commission.
He however said some of the suggestions in the book have already been incorporated in the government's policy and programmes.