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Constitution to be amended to ensure good governance

Staff Correspondent
The government has pledged in the budget proposals to initiate a set of measures, including bringing amendment to the constitution, making parliament more effective and showing zero tolerance to corruption and terrorism, to ensure good governance.
“We are reviewing the Supreme Court (SC) verdict on the 5th amendment to the constitution and based on that review, we are planning to bring amendment to the constitution in future," said Finance Minister AMA Muhith.
Muhith said this yesterday in his budget speech during the budget session of the parliament, elaborating die government's plans on good governance.
In its electoral manifesto, the ruling Awami League (AL) pledged to ban use of religion and communalism in politics. The constitutional amendment is required to implement the pledge as the previous constitutional ban on the usage of religion in politics was repealed following the August 15 bloody changeover in 1975. And all the activities of the mili-tary regime, including amendments to the constitution were ratified in parliament by the 5th amendment.
The SC verdict that declared illegal the fifth amendment to die constitution will assist the ruling AL to impose ban on political parties based on religion and build a secular Bangladesh as per its electoralpledge.
On making the parliament more effective as per the riding party's electoral pledge, the finance minister said the government wants to bring all important policy issues for discussion in the House.
He, however, did not say anything to appoint an Ombudsman to ensure good governance as per the ruling party's electoral pledge.
On curbing corruption, Muhith said the government will not tolerate corruption and will ensure the independent role of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to combat grafts.
"Corruption is one of the major impediments to development. We can never ensure good governance without rooting out corruption,” he said promis-
ing to extend all-out cooperation for building the ACC as a truly neutral and strong institution.
The finance minister said the government has already proposed some amendments to the ACC act and a bill effecting these changes will be placed before the House soon.
"The proposed amendments will address the loopholes in the existing law. We are, however, cautious about the fact that enforcement of the Anti-Corruption Act does not impinge on the fundamental rights,” Muhith said.
In order to curb corruption and remove inefficiency, the minister also said accountability and transparency will be strengthened in the public procurement process, selection of projects and determination of project costs, bidding process and evaluating the quality of completed projects.
The finance minister further said that the government is attaching a great deal of importance to completion of the trial of the killers of the Father of the Nation and the four great leaders in order to establish rule of law in the country.