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Governance envisaged

Abdul Khaleque
After the national election held under constitutionally invoked non-party caretaker government, Bangladesh has entered upon the pre-existing constitutional parliamentary government. We expect the parliament to respect the expectation of citizens who are the holders of all powers of the state and fulfil the promises made by the members of the ruling regime in manifesto. Political parties are expected to realize the detriment that hartal, besiege, wrongful confinement, destruction of property etc. impose on socioeconomic and productive enterprises.
We feel, the political regime will have to proceed with determination to look into the plights of the deprived, poor, homeless, diseased, oppressed and inadequately educated millions, beggars and their children, roaming destitutes, crippled, have-nots and economically encumbered people who have suffered from high prices, adulterated food, malnutrition, health-
hazards, scarcity of habitats, etc. etc. A countrywide rationing of food for the above categories of citizens can be the most urgent government step to start with.
Many more areas also call for government action, such as -- corruption, human rights, women rights, job for young persons, population control, land reform, large scale cooperative envisioned by Akhtar Hamid Khan and Bangabandhu.
Areas of action:
• Declining and losing industrial enterprises should not be disinvested unless recommended by economic analysts.
• Same pension rule for past and present pensioners like India and Pakistan.
• Full-career appointment of cadre services ministry-wise to avoid Inter-ministerial hostility.
• Management of education system by persons of education cadre only. Raising of a high-quality trained teacher community and inspection for all levels of education. Uniform compulsory education gradually up to Class VIII after which Madrasa stu-
dents may go ahead in theology like medicine, engineering etc. Tuition-free education up to 10th grade in all government and private educational institutions.
• Prohibition of child labour, liquor, drug etc.
• Decentralization of administrative and industrial establishments down to union level to contain float of people to cities for economic foothold etc.
• Prohibition on import of luxuries and car beyond 1500 cc.
• No political meeting in any educational premises.
• Introduction of costless Lok Adalat on Indian model for trial of pending cases.
• Enhanced preparedness plans for floods, climatic hazards, earthquakes, natural disasters, sea rise and drought.
• Keeping ports under monitoring responsibility of Defence Forces.
• Investigation of cyber and economic crimes by trained experts and with international co-operation.
• Introduction of Mumbai type N-Ach (Need for Achievement) scheme for small scale entrepreneurs of their choice who are
trained for 15 days and furnished with bank loans at the instance of the trainers.
• Police reforms by recruiting graduate constables and higher quality recruits in other ranks as in Defence Forces. A syllabus of modern police system maybe introduced.
• Decentralization and introduction of Policy Ministry Like M/O Defence. • Introduction of taxrebate for benevolent donation of funds.
• Effective use of Children Act, 1974 and juvenile delinquency control practices of advanced countries.
• No re-employment of public servants and Judges to promote level of conscience and guts. Reemployment generates spinelessness and sycophancy in public service.
• Honest, competent, disease-free retired public servants may be employed in different grades of ser-vice in Permanent Commissions under the respective ministries.
Abdul Khaleque is a retd IG of Police and Secretary.