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Repeal Zila Parishad Act

Speakers at a discussion demand

By DU Correspondent
Speakers at a discussion meeting in the city yesterday urged the government to repeal the recently passed Zila Parisad Act.
Terming it "illegal, anti-people and unconstitutional", they also condemned the ruling Awami League for passing such an important law in parliament without the Oppositions.
They also called upon the people to launch a vigorous movement against the "subservient and autocratic" government to dislodge it from power.
They were speaking at a dis-cussion meeting on "Zila Parisad Law 2000”.
Chaired by former Vice-chancellor of Dhaka University Prof Emajuddin Ahmed, the discussion was participated by. among others. BNP leader Moudud Ahmen. Prol Asaduz-zaman and Prof. Aftab Ahmed of DU. Prof. Khondakar Sirajul Islam of Agriculture University.
Prof. Mahbub Ullah. Salauddin Kader Chowdhury MP. Rajshahi City Mayor Mizanur Rahman Minu and journalist Sadek Khan. It was organised by Satanagarik Committee.
Moudud Ahmed said a campaign should be launched to inform people the undemocratic provisions of the law.
It also violates constitutional provisions, he said. Under the law. there is no scope for effective participation of people in the administration, he said and demanded its immediate scrapping.
He also called upon the people to unite under the four-party opposition alliance and intensify its oust-governinent movement.
Prof. Asaduzzman. Dean of Social Science Faculty of DU compared the law with the controversial "Basic Democracy" of Ayub Khan. It has been enacted to manipulate the next parliamentary election, he said.
"To make democracy effective. its necessary to decentralise the administration, but the AL government is centralising power to cling to power".
Prof. Sirajul Islam said the law is "undemocratic" and "controversial". It violates the constitution As per the constitution, local bodies should be directly elected by the people, but the new law provides that district councils will be elected by members ol Pourashavas and Union Parisads, he said
Mizanur Rahman Minu said people will not accept the law as the ruling party passed It unilaterally.
Dr Mahbub Ullah said the law has been passed to cling to power. The government can do anything to suppress opposition parties and retain power, he observed.
Salauddin Kader Chowdhury said the law has been passed as part ol a blur print to resist BNP in the next general election. He urged the people to resist its Im plemenlation.
Demanding immediate scraping of the law. Prof Ema Juddin Ahmed said people will reject It as it violates the constitution.