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AL ready to talk with govt Caretaker Govt Reforms

Staff Correspondent
The main opposition Awami League (AL) will sil down with government if the latter agrees to discuss the demand for bringing reforms in the caretaker government system and the Election Commission (EC).
"We arc even ready to join parliament to endorse the reforms in case those need constitutional amend-ments," Awami League General Secretary Abdul Jalil said yesterday.
"Everything however depends on the government's attitude towards the opposition's demand. We will go to parliament to place the reforms for endorsement if the discussion outside parliament produces results, and die government assures us that it would meet the demand," The AL general secretary made the comments during a joint meeting of the Awami League Central Working Committee (ALCWC) and the Awami League Parliamentary Party (ALPP) yesterday.
The meeting was convened to finalise the much-awaited proposals on reforms of the caretaker government system and the EC. Two draft proposals--one on caretaker government and the other on Election Commission-- were placed before it.
AL Advisory Committee Members Prof Shamsul Huda Harun placed the draft proposal on reforms in the caretaker government system and Barrister Amirul Islam on those in the Election Commission.
The meeting began at 10:30am with AL President Sheikh Hasina in the chair at the party's Dhanmondi office. A number of AL leaders took part in the discussion on the proposals before it ended at 9:00 last night.
According to meeting sources, the AL leaders suggested amending the provision of making the immediate past chief justice head of the caretaker administration.
They said taking part in the next
election under former chief justice KM Hasan as the chief advisor to the caretaker government will be suicidal for the party as it is obvious that he (Justice Hasan) has a 'strong bias for BNP'.
Abdul Jalil briefing the newsmen after the first session discussion said a combined proposal of all opposition parties would be placed by the end of this month.
"We will place the reform proposals before the nation, not before the government," he added.
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and senior ministers of the government have been asking the opposition to place any demand regarding electoral reforms before parliament instead of staging demonstrations on streets.
The AL general secretary said the opposition would welcome the government decision to meet the demands through executive orders.
After over three hours of discussion the meeting adjourned at 2:00pm and resumed at 6:00pm. It took obituary reference to the death of veteran party leaders Abdus Samad Azad, Abdul Mannan, and AKM Mozammel Haque.