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AL wants next chief adviser through political consensus

Hasina unveils party's caretaker govt reforms proposal

Staff Correspondent
Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina yesterday unveiled her party’s plan for reforms in the caretaker government system and demanded appointments of the next chief adviser and the chief election commissioner through a Consensus among all political parties.
"The chief of the caretaker government, the chief election commissioner and other members of the Election Commission have to be neutral and acceptable to all for the sake of a free and fair election," Hasina told reporters at a press conference at the party's Dhanmondi office in Dhaka.
"We have a specific proposal about reforms in the caretaker government system and the first thing is that the person who will be
the chief of the interim government has to be non-partisan."
The opposition leader also demanded restriction of activities of the interim government to only election-related matters, as stipulated in Article 58 of the constitution citing that the chief of the last caretaker government worked for the -BNP- Jamaat alliance without caring little about his neutrality.
The alliance government has extended the retirement age for justices so that the person who was once the international affairs secretary of the BNP can head the next caretaker government, Hasina, also main opposition Awami League (AL) chief, alleged.
She added the person (the immediate past chief justice) was not only a BNP leader, he is also a relative of convicted killers in Bangabandhu
murder case, who had felt embarrassed to hear the case.
She explained the functions of the chief and other advisers of the interim administration and said they Wc obligated to-carry nut election-related activities as defined in the constitution. But the last caretaker chief stopped development projects that the AL government had undertaken and released a number of criminals of the BNP and Jamaat-e-lslami, Hasina alleged.
Asked if it is possible to find a neutral person for die post of chief adviser in the current political culture in Bangladesh where the major parties barely agree on any issues, Hasina replied, "Yes, it is possible if the parties have respect for democracy."
She also asked the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to probe huge wealth of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s family. She also talked about formation of the antigraft commission and kilting of alleged criminals under the custody of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab).
RAB MUM ABOUT GODFATHERS, JAMAATMEN
The AL chief accused the govern-
ment of getting people killed by the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) without taking actions against godfathers of criminals.
"Who has given the government licence to kill people without trial?’’ Haslha asked. "It should be noted! that Rab is not acting against people loyal to the Jamaat-c-Islami." ACC PARTISAN
"How has the (prime minister’s) family that once lived on government allowances acquired so much wealth in a short span of time? Docs the commission have enough courage to investigate their sources of income?" the opposition leader asked.
She alleged partisan people were drafted in the antigraft commission and doubted its effectiveness to fight corruption.
Hasina, also former prime minister, slammed the government for appointing ’unqualified’ people as judges, the price hike of essentials, government’s non-cooperation with the international probe teams to inquire the August 21 grenade attacks and existence of extremist groups under direct patronisation of the government.
Senior leaders of the party were present at the press conference.