Dear Alochok Mithu
An amnesty can work only after people realise what they have done. In
Bangladesh an amnesty is a waste of time because people will continue
as before. In fact they will laugh in the face of the amnesty.
Don't lose heart just because of mounting criticism of the CTG. Some
of the criticsm is deserved and some is undeserved. And the lack of
support of the masses has yet to be proven to be substantial or
critical.
You should also look closely at those who criticise the CTG. Many of
them are rabidly BNP or AL partymen who don't want the CTG to succeed
anyway.
By all means critcise the CTG on substance. But don't lose heart.
Regards
Ezajur Rahman
--- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, <zubair.najib@...> wrote:
>
> This may be failure to you but I see this differently. This govt.
with
> so little political experience running one of the most corrupt
country
> for only 9 months.
> You guys looking solution overnight. We have 50 years of
manipulation to
> destroy every institution of this country. After independence, anti
> independence party throws bags of money to then political parties to
> remove them from razakar list.
> I see success to this government my reinstating some dignity to
some of
> the institution specially ACC, EC and judiciary. They are not there
to
> fix economy since they do not have political mandate. But they are
> trying. The success also lies on the successful election and I am
pretty
> sure they are working towards that.
>
> Now this is my opinion. Lot of entities now in Bangladesh trying to
> benefit from the current political vacuum. The vacuum created
because
> leadership not allowed to create in Bangladesh. Political parties
are
> currently morally bankrupt since no leader is emerging. Most of the
so
> called professional politician still trying to house under the
> petticoats of two goddess. The so called politically corrupt
reformist
> who are no less than their leaders to plunder the country are
> politically dead even before they start reform.
>
> The govt. trying to convict one or possibly two goddess and bring
the
> election probably in June, 2008. The people who will be MP in the
next
> parliament will not have strong leader. However vacuum may create
new
> generation of leaders who may not have corruption in their
portfolio.
> Again this is my opinion that this govt. do not want to prolong
beyond
> July since there is no benefit for them.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: alochona@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:alochona@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of M. M. Chowdhury (Mithu)
> Sent: October 30, 2007 3:18 AM
> To: khabor@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [ALOCHONA] Public Reaction on "General Amnesty 2007
in
> Bangladesh (by emails), CTG is loosing Public Support now
>
>
>
>
> All,
>
> I am disappointed to see that CTG is loosing the fight to save
> this country for the lack of mass support and one of the big reason
is
> not accepting my proposal which was sent to them on July, 2007.
It's
> like USA is loosing in Iraq for debathication. History will judge
their
> achievement and failure.
>
> CTG just was not careful and did not take this proposal
> urgently. Now CTG is working with part of it, but its too late now
I
> think.
>
> --M. M. Chowdhury (Mithu)
>
www.amreteck.com <http://www.amreteck.com/>
>
www.changebangladesh.com <http://www.changebangladesh.com/>
>
> "Eng. M. M. Chowdhury (Mithu)" <cgmpservices@...> wrote:
>
> Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 12:48:32 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Eng. M. M. Chowdhury (Mithu)"
> <cgmpservices@...>
> Subject: Public Reaction on "General Amnesty 2007" in
> Bangladesh (by emails)
> To: khabor@yahoogroups.com
>
>
> Proposal Initiator:
>
> This proposal has initiated by Eng. M. M. Chowdhury
> (Mithu) on the behalf of Change Bangladesh Organization, USA
>
> What is Change Bangladesh Organization?
>
> Change Bangladesh Organization (CBd) is a non-profit
and
> non-political organization based in USA. The goal of CBd is to
change
> Bangladesh for better in the field of social, education,
technologies,
> and economical development areas. CBd also promote young generation
> leadership to take the lead of Bangladesh in future.
>
> How is the idea of this proposal evolved?
>
> I have done multiple researches about Bangladesh and
its
> present political and economical situation. I have seen that there
is
> distrust between political parties and CTG about corruption drive
and
> where the country is heading too. As most of you know that when USA
> removed Saddam Hossain from the power, they have removed the Baath
party
> members from all armed forces, any job or institutions in Iraq
which is
> called debaathication. I believe they have made a mistake by doing
that
> without any reconciliation initiative. After few years, USA tried
to do
> reconciliation initiative but they have failed. Jury still out
there,
> but I think that they made a huge mistake not doing a national
> reconciliation initiative to include Baath party members in the
Govt.
> They did not do that initiative for multiple reasons but that for
> another part of the discussion. I am not comparing Bangladesh to
Iraq,
> but I am comparing the substance of it. We need to ! bring the
trust of
> the people in Bangladesh Govt to be successful both politically and
> economically and this proposal will lead to that end goal. This
> proposal is not soft on crime and was developed without any
consultation
> with any political parties or Current Takecare Govt (CTG). This
> proposal does not support corruption. This is purely my idea and I
want
> to see good from this proposal. I am not related to any political
> parties or CTG in Bangladesh.
>
> Why do we need Amnesty in Bangladesh now?
>
> Corruption is a cancer for Bangladesh and it is
> happening for the last 36 years. Current corruption drive is good
for
> Bangladesh but it has some consequences. At least 90% of
politicians,
> 35% businessmen, and 50% Amla are corrupt. We can argue about
small or
> big corruption. If I have put the figure in number, I personally
think
> at least 10 million people in Bangladesh are corrupt range from
small to
> big. I do not think that we can round up all these people, put in
the
> courts, get justice and keep in the jail for the next 3-30 years.
> Bangladesh Govt does not have the resources, money or facilities to
> continue this corruption drive and this is not feasible. I also
like to
> point out that CTG advisor Mr. Matin has mentioned recently that
current
> corruption drive has to continue by the next Govt to remove
corruption
> from the country. ! We need a good faith reconciliation initiative-
> General Amnesty 2007.
>
> Who will not be covered in this amnesty?
>
> Who are murders, who have existing cases, who are
> already guilty by the courts will not be covered under this amnesty.
>
> What is the procedure of this amnesty?
>
> This amnesty will be divided in three phases:
>
> Phase I - Politicians including grass root level.
> Phase II - Business people
> Phase III - Amla and rest of the country p! eople.
>
> Phase I will cover during September 1- October 30,
2007
> Phase II will cover during November 1 - December 30,
> 2007
> Phase II will cover during January 1 - February 28,
2008
>
> How will Bangladesh gain from this amnesty?
>
> I am hoping that Bangladesh Govt will cover the
current
> budget deficit using the collected money from the local and foreign
> countries which was deposited by the corrupt personnel. I also
believe
> that corrupt person will help to bring his/her corrupt money from
> foreign banks as good faith by this Amnesty. It is very tough to
bring
> money from foreign banks unless individual cooperate. Recent
reports
> indicated that not a penny was collected from the foreign countries
bank
> yet. This initiative might help to reach that goal. I am projecting
> that at least TK 20,000 Crore can be collected from these corrupt
> individuals and deposit to Bangladesh Govt. This might be lesson
for
> the future corrupt persons that money will be collected which was
made
> illegal means and future punishment will be harsher.
>
> Is this amnesty feasible?
>
> CTG has to take multiple initiatives including
creating
> independent body of institute to check and balance to make sure
human
> rights is observed and respected, and no individuals is harassed
during
> and after the amnesty. CTG will hire more resources to cope with
this
> amnesty and procedures.
>
> Rule of Amnesty:
>
> 1) CTG will circulate a memo Title "General
Amnesty
> 2007" through media and all concern institutes in Bangladesh and
abroad.
> This memo will mention the following items:
>
> a) Please surrender all your illegal earned
> including money, properties, business etc and pay the tax on untaxed
> money by August 29, 2007. You will not be jailed and be forgiven
for
> your corruption. CTG will collect all your illegal wealth through
> proper procedures and deposit to Bangladesh Treasures.
>
> b) CTG will keep the corruption drive.
>
> c) CTG will complete the court procedures against
> all jailed individuals within 90 days. If any of the jailed
individual
> comes forward and accepts his/his crime and apologies to the people
of
> Bangladesh, CTG will forgive him/her and he/she will not be release
from
> jail, but all his/her illegal wealth will be taken away. He/she
will
> not be able to take nomination in the next general election. He/she
> will able to take nomination in future election if no further
> corruption/crime is committed by the individual.
>
> d) He/she will able to apply for jobs in any
> position in Govt, public, and private sectors.
>
> e) No harassment will be allowed for this pardoned
> individual after the amnesty/settlement.
>
> f) Amnesty individual name will not be in the
list
> of corrupt persons.
>
> 2) If corrupt individuals do not come forward to
CTG
> by August 29, 2007, if he/she is caught and proved by the court for
any
> corruption case, he/she will have minimum jail time of 10 years and
all
> his/her wealth will be taken away.
>
> 3) This amnesty is appropriate for everybody
> regardless of religion, parties, and business.
>
> Public Reaction on the Amnesty:
>
> For the Amnesty (62.5%):
>
> (summary) This amnesty will close the gap of distrust
> between political parties and CTG. This will help to elect new set
of
> honest and educated MPs in the next general election. This amnesty
will
> help interim CTG to focus on various critical issues rather than
just
> corruption in Bangladesh (i.e. , conduct free and fair election by
the
> end of 2008, controlling the essential prices, create ski! lled
> manpower, diverse export industries, develop investment oriented
> policies, reduce poverty, building infrastructures, educational
reform,
> etc
>
> Against the Amnesty (22%):
>
> (summary) This amnesty will encourage corruption in
> future because they will let go after corruption. Corrupt people
will
> be in power again maybe not immediately. This amnesty means soft on
> crime. This amnes! ty might keep the family politics in place.
>
>
> Don't know what to say (15.5%):
>
> (summary) They said that they support anything that is
> good for the country. They like this initiative but curious! about
> implementation process.
>
> Support Needed:
>
> Change Bangladesh Organization, USA needs your
> endorsement including NBRs, media, business leaders, and political
> parties in Bangladesh to encourage the CTG to adopt this plan.
>
> Mild Suggestion:
>
> The questions about if this CTG has constitutional
> authority to give the amnesty or not, and who I am to tell CTG to
what
> to do in Bangladesh, this should be separate part of the discussion
and
> I do not like to be part of it.
>
> My Profile:
>
> I am the CEO and Founder of Amreteck(r) LLC, a Leading
> Pharmaceuticals Service and Financial Advisor Company
> (www.amreteckpharma.com <http://www.amreteckpharma.com/> ). I am
also a
> Senior Validation Engineer at Elan Pharmaceuticals Inc,
Gainesville, GA.
> I also the Senior Advisor for multiple Pharmaceutical companies in
> Bangladesh and is consulting on building the US FDA compliant
> pharmaceuticals manufacturing plant in Gazipur, Bangladesh.
>
> I am a Chemical Engineering graduate from the City
> College of New York of City University of New York and working on
his
> MBA on Health Care Management. Prior coming to USA, I was a
student of
> Residential Model College in Dhaka, Bangladesh and earned double
stars
> (A+) status for the SSC and HSC examinations.
>
> Prior to Amreteck(r) LLC, USA, I have worked in Pfizer
> Inc, Aventis-Sanofi, Schering-Plough, Dow Chemical, Progenics
> Pharmaceuticals Inc and Elan Pharmaceuticals Inc. I am responsible
for
> validating all types of Solid Dosage equipments, facilities,
utilities,
> laboratory systems, cleaning validation, process validation, and
> technology transfers. He is involved with defending multiple
> pharmaceutical companies during US FDA facilities inspections and
> Pre-Approval Inspections (PAI) for new p! roducts. Prior
experiences
> include equipment, cleaning, process, facilities, utilities,
laboratory,
> computer validation, aseptic filling line validation, automated
> lyphilization and loading equipment validation, and electronic
change
> control system supervision and has completed US$11 Million aseptic
> filling line project in Pfizer Inc.
>
> I was a member of Lions Club in Bangladesh and a
Public
> Relation Officer for American Institute of Chemical Engineering
(AIChE),
> USA. I am a member of International Society of Pharmaceuticals
> Engineers (ISPE) and a member of Amer! ican Management Association
(AMA)
> in USA . I am a Director of Change Bangladesh Organization, a non
> profit and non political organization based in USA. I live with his
> wife and a daughter at Flowery Branch, Georgia, USA. In my spare
time,
> I enjoy tennis, sailing, and traveling.
>
> Volunteer Works
>
> 1) Initiator of the project: Building the
International
> Technology Academy (TITA) in Bangladesh. This project will create
> skilled workforces in various sectors in Bangladesh.
> (www.changebangladesh.com <http://www.changebangladesh.com/> )
>
> 2) Initiator and sponsor of the project: Kalma Senior
> Citizen Center at Munshigonj, Bangladesh. This project will feed
and
> provide living space for the seniors (50+ years old) who can not
support
> themselves and do not receive any support from their family like
> children.
>
>
> Contact Information
>
> M. M. Chowdhury, Chemical Eng, Senior Validation Eng,
> MBA (On going)
> CEO, Amreteck LLC, USA
> Director, Change Bangladesh Organization, USA
> Phone: 678-858-5952
> Websites: www.changebangladesh.com
> <http://www.changebangladesh.com/>
>
www.amreteckpharma.com
> <http://www.amreteckpharma.com/>
>
> Emails: Mchowdhury@! amreteckpharma.com
> <mailto:Mchowdhury@...>
> Chow7402@... <mailto:Chow7402@...>
> cgmpservices@...
> <mailto:cgmpservices@...>
>
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