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Scrap ordinances on local govt bodies DCC mayor asks govt

Staff Correspondent
Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) Mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka yesterday urged the government not to ratify the ordinances on local government bodies promulgated by the immediate-past caretaker government aiming to strengthen the local bodies.
"The ordinances are antipeople and barriers in the way of smooth functioning of local government." he told reporters after a meeting with LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Syed Ashraful Islam at the ministry office.
The mayor also demanded the government scrap the Local Government Commission.
Saying that the activities of the local government bodies became sluggish due to promulgation of the ordinances.
"Thus I urged the minister so that the ordinances are not ratified in the next parliament,” he said, adding: “I have talked to other mayors and they all agree with me.”
Khoka, also a BNP leader, strongly opposed the idea of naming the elected representatives of municipalities as major and demanded a change in it.
“It can't be fair if the DCC mayor and the mayor of a small pourashova are treated equally," said an unhappy Khoka.
The mayor said he discussed various problems of the DCC with the minister and
requested him to increase budgetary allocation, adding that the city corporations must in turn be under the prime minister's office.
Later, the LRGD minister held a meeting with the members of the commission to discuss the role of the MPs on the upazila parishads.
He observed that the commission would play an important role in strengthening the local government bodies, adding that both the lawmakers and elected chairmen of upazila parishads could contribute to their respective areas.
Briefing the newsmen after an hour-long meeting. Commission Chairman Mohammad Faizur Razzak said decision regarding bestowing local government authority on the lawmakers will be taken based on the reality.
Asked whether the local government system will be weaken if the MPs are given the authority to intervene in their affairs, he said they do not want the local government be weaken.
"As discussion is going on regarding the issue, no final decision was made. Further discussion will continue before reaching a final stage," he added.
Responding to a query, Razzak said, "We think that the ordinances have been promulgated in a bid to strengthen the local governmentsystem.''