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AL to enforce ’free Hasina rally’ Oct 19

Amends party constitution for registration

Staff Correspondent
For the first time since imposition of the state of emergency, Awami League (AL) yesterday announced countrywide protest rallies scheduled for October 19.
The rallies are aimed at pressing home the party's demands for making permanent and unconditional the release from detention of its President Sheikh Hasina, and complete withdrawal of the state of emergency before the December 18 national election.
AL's announcement of the demonstrations came following BNP-led four-party alliance's countrywide protest on Sunday to press home its five-point demands
including complete withdrawal of the emergency, withdrawal of cases against party Chairperson Khaleda Zia and other leaders, cancellation of the amendments brought to Representation of the People Order (RPO), and deferral of the upazila polls.
Meanwhile. AL yesterday amended its constitution keeping the provisions of having 'associate organisations' and foreign chapters, which clearly contradict with the party registration law in the revised RPO.
According to the revised RPO, political parties willing to get registered with the EC musthave in their constitutions specific prohibitions
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on having front organisations of teachers, students, employees and labourers of financial institutions, and of other professionals. It also disallows the parties to have foreign chapters.
The decisions and amendments came at a meeting of the AL central working committee (ALCWC) where issues like the general election, formation of grand electoral alliance, election conducting committee, election manifesto committee, and the party's present organisational situation came up for discussion.
The party might submit tite appli -cation for registration along with the amendments brought to its constitution to the EC tomorrow Before submitting the application the party’s presidium will meet for a final discussion on the matter.
Held at Basina's political office in Dhanmondi, the ALCWC with the party's Acting President Zillur Rahman in the chair demanded that the government sticks to the December 18 schedule for the national election.
AL President Sheikh Hasina also put out similar demands from a rally of expatriate Bangladeshis in Belgium on Sunday night calling upon all to stay vigilant so the election is held on schedule.
Meanwhile at the party' meeting at home, most of the AL leaders expressed their doubts about holding of the poll on schedule, as they alleged that BNP-Jamaat led alliance is hatching conspiracies to postpone the national election.
The meeting also decided to form different committees to conduct election related activities and to prepare its election manifesto.
It decided to form a grand electoral alliance. But before forming the alliance AL will talk to its 14-party coalition partners within a couple of days.
About sharing seats with other parties in the upcoming election, most of the party- leaders asked the meeting to consider the candidates more than the parties they will share the seats with.
The meeting also decided to let grassroots level party committees know about the process of finalising the five-member panels of party nominees from which one will be picked by a central parliamentary board as candidates.
MEDIA BRIEFING
Briefing journalists after the meeting, AL Acting General Secretary Syed Asnraful Islam said making Hasina's release unconditional and permanent is a must to hold a free, fair and acceptable election.
He said withdrawal of the emergency- is also a must to make the election credible to both local and international observers.
"We have amended our party constitution as required by the
revised RPO. We hope now there will be no problem in getting the registration." said the AL spokesman.
Ashraful said they will talk to the government and the EC regarding deferment of the upazila polls
The meeting condemned Saturday's bomb explosion in the compound of the house of a High Court judge and also the anonymous threats issued to four noted lawyers through letters.
HASINA'SSPEECH
Addressing a rally of expatriate Bangladeshis in Belgium on Sunday, Hasina instructed all to remain alert, so the election results are announced in a fair manner, according to a report of the US based news agency ANA.
"Holding a free and fair election on December 18 won't be enough, all will have to be vigilant so that the poll results are announced in a fair manner. not like the announcement of the result of Barisal City Corporation election." said the former premier.
She said their current prime demand is for holding a free and fair poll on schedule. The crises prevailing in Bangladesh will not be resolved without an elected government, said the AL chief.
The rally was organised by all European chapters of AL
The AL chief said unscrupulous high ambitions of certain people sometimes destroy countries and nations.
"If anyone has a high ambition, the person should go to the people for their mandate to assume power." said Hasina asking all to remain alert so that none can play with the fate of Bangladesh.
She however thanked the military backed caretaker government for its reform initiatives, saying the present government has been implementing die reform proposals that her party had placed in the parliament in 2005.
Sne also urged the expatriate Bangladeshis to invest more money in the country.
Hasina is scheduled to fly for Canada today to return to the US on October 16 for a follow-up on her treatment the next day.
She will decide on her return to Bangladesh based on the sugges-