Dear Alochoks
What a great pledge!
With the same BNP people intact!
Bangladesh: New policies, new practices, same people.
Wow!
Ezajur Rahman
Kuwait
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wrote:
>
> BNP pledges accountable political system
> Khaleda unveils 36-point election manifesto
> Courtesy New Age 14/12/08 Shahidul Islam Chowdhury
>
> <http://www.newagebd.com/img7.html>
>
> The Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, pledged
to
> create a responsible and accountable political system in the
country as
> she unveiled the party's 36-point election manifesto on Saturday.
> She also promised to make Jatiya Sangsad the 'centre of
politics',
> amendments to provisions of the caretaker government system in the
> constitution, independence of the judiciary and the Anti-Corruption
> Commi-ssion, dealing with militancy and violence with an iron hand
and
> maintaining communal harmony, if her party was voted to power in the
> December 29 parliamentary elections.
> 'The Jatiya Sangsad will be the centre of national politics',
Khaleda
> Zia announced in the manifesto presented at a simple function
organised
> at a city hotel.
> 'We will take the opposition into confidence on all important
> national issues.'
> The incoming speaker and deputy speaker must resign from
respective
> parties before taking oath, the party's election manifesto says.
> It said the parliamentary committees would be formed by the
second
> session of the house and the opposition members would also be made
> chairmen of standing committees.
> 'No political party or alliance will be allowed to boycott
sessions.
> Parliament members will lose their membership if they remain absent
for
> 30 session-days without permission.'
>
> The manifesto pledges to make public the wealth statements of all
> elected representatives within 30 days after oath.
> Members of the house will be allowed to walk out only if such
> attempts are made on certain important national issues, Khaleda
said.
> She pledged to hold discussion on the caretaker government
system in
> the incoming ninth parliament and make amendments in the
constitutional
> and legal provisions on the system to make sure that the general
> elections would be held every five years.
> She said the Anti-Corruption Commission would be allowed to work
> neutrally and independently.
> Khaleda, also the immediate past prime minister, pledged to
establish
> a separate secretariat for the Supreme Court for total separation
of the
> judiciary from the legislative and executive branches. 'The
incumbent
> government ravaged the independence of judiciary by nakedly
interfering
> in its [judiciary] activities', she alleged.
> She also promised to take measures to ensure food security as
well as
> to contain prices of essentials by increasing food production,
provide
> subsidy for agricultural inputs, quality seed, adequate fertiliser
and
> pesticides and power and diesel to genuine and marginal farmers.
> The BNP's manifesto pledges to form a pay commission for
government
> officials and employees, update the labour law and take legal
measures
> so that labourers in the private sector get due pay.
> Khaleda also vowed to deal with any attempts to spoil communal
> harmony with an iron hand. 'The state will ensure safety and
security of
> all people, irrespective of their religious and ethnic identity, and
> will cooperate in upholding their constitutional, religious and
social
> rights', she said.
> All-out cooperation will be extended to all international
efforts to
> contain terrorism, she said vowing measures against malicious
attempts
> to label Bangladesh an intolerant, extremist, radical and corrupt
> country.
> She promised to implement the universal declaration of the United
> Nations on human rights. 'Human rights were ruthlessly violated
during
> the rule of the present caretaker government', said Khaleda who was
> released on September 11 after one year of imprisonment.
> She promised to scrap the special powers act of 1974. The act,
termed
> 'a black law' by political and civil rights activists, has been
used to
> curb freedom of expression and suppress political opposition.
> The local government systems in district, upazila and union
levels
> will be strengthened and made effective through elected
representatives,
> she said.
> Khaleda vowed to make the country free from illiteracy in five
years.
> 'The provisions of forming governing bodies and managing committees
in
> educational institutions will be revised so that these institutions
can
> be kept free from political influence.'
> 'We will also take measures so that no child remains out of
schools',
> she said. 'All girls will get free education up to graduation
level.'
> The BNP's manifesto said quality health services would be
ensured by
> appointing more physicians and providing technical and laboratory
> facilities across the country.
> Khaleda promised to create an atmosphere so that more women
could be
> elected to parliament and they could participate in the decision-
making
> processes at all levels.
> 'Women will be given preference in appointment and promotion.
They
> will be involved in business and given loan at lower interests'.
> The armed forces and law enforcing agencies will be more strong
and
> organised as they will be equipped with sophisticated weapons and
modern
> technology and training.
> Merit, eligibility, expertise and seniority will be counted in
> appointment and promotion of civil and military administrations.
> She said effective participation in international efforts to
save the
> earth from global warming and climate change will be continued.
> The BNP chairperson also pledged to take measures to stop
intrusion
> of alien culture, to expand rail and road communication services and
> construct rural roads and culverts on a priority basis, take
permanent
> measures in consultation with all stakeholders to ensure unhindered
> operation of Chittagong and Mongla seaports, construct Padma bridge,
> take steps to introduce science and information technology in all
> spheres of life, give khas lands to landless, reintroduce social
safety
> net for poorer and destitute section of the society, introduce
> facilities to encourage expatriates to invest in Bangladesh and
invest
> in local industries.
> Public holidays on May 30 [the death anniversary of BNP's founder
> Ziaur Rahman] and November 7 [national revolution and solidarity
day]
> will be reinstated, she said.
> The party prepared its last election manifesto before the
cancelled
> January 22, 2007 elections but did not unveil it.
>
>
> Key features of bnp manifesto
>
> * Making Jatiya Sangsad centre of national
> politics
> * Speaker and deputy speaker must resign from party posts, deputy
> speaker from the opposition, MPs to lose membership for absence for
more
> than 30 days
> * Elected representatives to disclose wealth statement in 30 days
> after oath
> * Dealing with violence, terrorism with iron hand
> * Tab on essential goods prices by increasing production
> * Subsidy for farmers
> * Measures against attempts to label Bangladesh intolerant,
extremist
> and radical
> * Education sector will remain free of political influence
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