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Polls-time Govt

Akbar Ali proposes lottery formula

UNB, Dhaka
Former caretaker government adviser and prominent economist Dr Akbar Ali Khan yesterday proposed a lottery system to pick the head of the nonpartisan government during polls time to oversee the next general election.
“There's a need to adopt such a formula to form the election-time government so that it remains secret as to who is going to be its head,” he told a discussion at the Jatiya Press Club.
Akbar Ali said under this process, a list of chief justices who have retired in the last five to ten years and Appellate Division judges could be made. From among them fifteen would be selected.
“From the list, the chief adviser can be selected through a lottery," he said, adding that the selected people would need to be interested in becoming the head of government.
Center for Strategic and Peace Studies arranged the discussion. Prof Tarek Shamsur Rehman presented the keynote paper, "Political Impasse in the Country: The Way Out”. Former Secretary Shah Abdul Hannan moderated the discussion.
Advocating a non-
partisan government for the purpose of holding the elections, Akbar Ali said the name of the chief adviser should be finalised just one or two days ahead of the formation of such a government
He thought the problems that had emerged could be resolved if his formula was implemented.
“Consensus is a must among the political parties, especially between the two major parties, to ensure a free, fair and credible election," he said.
The former cabinet secretary also presented an alternative formula where both the opposition and the ruling party could have a direct role in forming the interim government.
Under this formula, five leaders — each from the opposition and the ruling party — will be picked to
form the government. The heads of the two major parties will also be there in the government.
“The BNP will select five persons from the Awami League while the Awami League will choose five from the other, including the party chief," he said.
It needs to be settled first what we actually want, said the former adviser, adding that political problems would have to be resolved politically. “If we want to resolve the political crisis non-politically, it won't work.”
Analysing the trends of the past forty years in the country's politics, he said no oppressor would be able to hangontopower.
He said the caretaker government system had been accepted both at home and abroad, and the majority of the people accepted the three elections held