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Sunday, May 25, 2008

Re: [ALOCHONA] A Dangerous statement- Be alert Dear Bangladeshi

Dear Alochok,
 
To my utter disappointment (horror to be honest) I completely fail to comprehend the conclusive remarks given in Mahathirfs mail (below), does it mean,
(a)     Allowing corruption and terrorism would help Bangladesh achieve noticeable progress?
(b)     Bangla Bhai single handedly controlled and curbed terrorism (It was a great mistake by the law and enforcement agency to stop him from taking the law in hand and killing people ruthlessly at will!!)
 
I will only be too happy if someone correct me about how wrong I was about understanding Mahathifs mail!!
 
Regards,
Zaheed

mahathir of bd <wouldbemahathirofbd@yahoo.com> wrote:

Corruption is not the main problem of Bangadesh, not the terrorism. In spite corruption in the last 15 years Bangladesh made noticable progress. but in the 1.5 years due to the inefficiency of susil supported , millitary helped CTG Bangladesh has gone back 10-15 years. Thus   this CTG has proved that not corruption but inefficiency is the main problem of Bangladesh.

 and Bangladesh has controlled well the terrorims by some hot headed people like Bangla bhai.
 
So we need to be aware of the statement of US embassedor.
 
Last but not least, corruption is not cause it is symptom, symptom of poor managment , poor managemnet of  power, time and human resources. We should not treat the sysmptom , we should treat the cause.
 
Our focus should be to improve managment of power, time and human and natural resources.
 
If we can improve managment of these things, corruption will diminsh eventually.
 
 Running after corruption will give zero result that CTG has already earned.
 

 

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চট্টগ্রাম বন্দরে আয়োজিত সংবাদ সম্মেলনে আমেরিকান রাষ্ট্রদূত জেমস মরিয়ার্টি Ñযাযাদিযুক্তরাষ্ট্রের নবনিযুক্ত রাষ্ট্রদূত জেমস এফ মরিয়ার্টি বলেন, দুর্নীতি ও সন্ত্রাসবাদ বাংলাদেশের অন্যতম প্রধান সমস্যা। এর বিরুদ্ধে অভিযানে সাধারণ মানুষের সমর্থন একটি জরুরি বিষয়। সাংবাদিকরাও এক্ষেত্রে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ভূমিকা পালন করতে পারেন। সন্ত্রাসের বিরুদ্ধে লড়াইয়ে যুক্তরাষ্ট্র ও বাংলাদেশের মধ্যে দৃঢ় সম্পর্ক রয়েছে। এ সহযোগিতা আমরা আরো বাড়াতে চাই। এ জন্য আমরা সিভিল সোসাইটির সঙ্গেও একযোগে কাজ করতে আগ্রহী। তিনি দুর্নীতি ও সন্ত্রাসের বিরুদ্ধে তত্ত্বাবধায়ক সরকারের বিভিন্ন অভিযানের প্রশংসা করেন।
গতকাল সকালে চট্টগ্রাম বন্দরের চার নম্বর জেটিতে আয়োজিত সংবাদ সম্মেলনে সাংবাদিকদের এক প্রশ্নের উত্তরে তিনি এসব কথা বলেন। এর আগে নগরীর আমবাগান বস্তিতে আয়োজিত অনুষ্ঠানে সাংবাদিকদের প্রশ্নের উত্তরে তিনি বলেন, আমাকে নিশ্চিত করা হয়েছে আগামী ডিসেম্বরের মধ্যে সব রাজনৈতিক দলের অংশগ্রহণে একটি অবাধ, সুষ্ঠু, স্বচ্ছ ও বিশ্বাসযোগ্য নির্বাচন অনুষ্ঠিত হবে। এ ধরনের একটি নির্বাচন বাংলাদেশের জনগণ, রাজনৈতিক দল ও তত্ত্বাবধায়ক সরকারের প্রত্যাশা।
অন্য এক প্রশ্নের জবাবে তিনি বলেন, শক্তিশালী গণতন্ত্র, টেকসই উন্নয়ন ও সন্ত্রাসবাদকে প্রত্যাখ্যানের শর্তে যুক্তরাষ্ট্র সরকার বাংলাদেশকে খাদ্য সহায়তা দিচ্ছে। তবে এই ফুড এইড বিজনেস (খাদ্য সহায়তা কার্যক্রম) থেকে বের হয়ে আসাই আমাদের চূড়ান্ত লক্ষ্য। আমরা আশা করি, বাংলাদেশের মানুষ নিজেদের চেষ্টায় খাদ্যে স্বয়ংসম্পূর্ণতা অর্জন করবে। আমরা এ লক্ষ্য পূরণে বাংলাদেশকে সহায়তা করতে চাই।
তিনি বলেন, সরকারের সঙ্গে রাজনৈতিক দলগুলোর সংলাপে কোনো বহিরাগত মধ্যস্থতাকারীর প্রয়োজন নেই। এক্ষেত্রে তত্ত্বাবধায়ক সরকারের ভূমিকাই যথেষ্ট। তত্ত্বাবধায়ক সরকার সব রাজনৈতিক দলের অংশগ্রহণের মাধ্যমে সফল সংলাপ আয়োজনের চেষ্টা করছে। আমরা এ প্রক্রিয়াকে সমর্থন করি। আমরা দেখতে চাই, সমঝোতায় উপনীত হওয়ার জন্য সংশ্লিষ্ট সব পক্ষ প্রয়োজনীয় ত্যাগ স্বীকার করবেন। এ প্রক্রিয়ায় আমরা বহিরাগত কোনো পক্ষের ভূমিকার প্রয়োজন দেখি না।
বাংলাদেশে আসন্ন নির্বাচন নিয়ে আপনার প্রত্যাশা কিÑ এ প্রশ্নের উত্তরে জেমস এফ মরিয়ার্টি বলেন, আমরা দেখেছি বাংলাদেশের নির্বাচন কমিশন এ ব্যাপারে বেশ ভালো প্রস্তুতি নিয়েছে। পৃথিবীর অন্যতম বৃহৎ একটি ভোটার তালিকা তৈরির বেশিরভাগ কাজই তারা সাফল্যের সঙ্গে সম্পন্ন করছেন। আমি আশাবাদী, বিশ্বাসযোগ্য নির্বাচন আয়োজনের ব্যাপারেও তারা সাফল্যের পরিচয় দেবে।
চট্টগ্রামে বেসরকারি কনটেইনার বন্দর স্থাপনের ব্যাপারে যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের পরিকল্পনার কথা দৃঢ়তার সঙ্গে নাকচ করে দিয়ে রাষ্ট্রদূত বলেন, সেবার মান বাড়ানোর ক্ষেত্রে চট্টগ্রাম বন্দর ব্যাপক অগ্রগতি অর্জন করেছে। এটি তত্ত্বাবধায়ক সরকারের একটি বড় সাফল্য। চট্টগ্রাম বন্দরে জাহাজের গড় অবস্থান সময় ১২ দিনের জায়গায় মাত্র আড়াই দিন হয়েছে। বিদেশি বিনিয়োগকারীরা আস্থা ফিরে পাচ্ছেন। শিপিং ব্যবসাও নির্ভরযোগ্যতা পাচ্ছে।
জেমস এফ মরিয়ার্টি ও তার স্ত্রী মাদাম মরিয়ার্টি তিনদিনের সফরে গত শনিবার চট্টগ্রাম আসেন। গতকাল সকালে তিনি নগরীর আমবাগান বস্তিতে অন্তঃসত্ত্বা ও দুগ্ধদানকারী ৯৫ দরিদ্র নারীর মধ্যে মাথাপিছু ১২ কেজি গম, দেড় লিটার ভোজ্যতেল ও ৫০০ গ্রাম করে ডাল বিতরণ করেন। বাংলাদেশে ইউএসএইডের পরিচালনায় সৌহার্দ কর্মসূচির আওতায় এসব খাদ্য বিতরণ করা হয়। বর্তমানে দেশের ১৪ জেলার ১৩৭টি বস্তির ২০ হাজার পরিবারকে এ কর্মসূচির আওতায় খাদ্য সহায়তা দেয়া হচ্ছে।
যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের রাষ্ট্রদূত সকাল ১০টায় চট্টগ্রাম বন্দর পরিদর্শনে আসেন। এ সময় তাকে স্বাগত জানান বন্দর চেয়ারম্যান কমোডর এম ফারুক। রাষ্ট্রদূত বন্দরের চার নম্বর জেটিতে অবস্থানকারী একটি লাইটারেজ জাহাজ থেকে গম খালাসের কাজ প্রত্যক্ষ করেন। এসব গম বাংলাদেশে ইউএসএইড পরিচালিত সৌহার্দ কর্মসূচির জন্য যুক্তরাষ্ট্র সরকারের খাদ্য সহায়তা হিসেবে পাঠানো হয়েছে। ২২ মে ৪৫ হাজার ৭০০ মেট্রিক টন গম নিয়ে যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের লিবার্টি ঈগল নামে একটি জাহাজ চট্টগ্রাম বন্দরের বহির্নোঙরে আসে।
জেমস এফ মরিয়ার্টি আজ সকালে নগরীর বাদশা মিয়া রোডে কমনওয়েলথ যুদ্ধ সমাধি পরিদর্শন করবেন। দুপুরে তিনি চট্টগ্রাম বন্দর চেয়ারম্যান কমোডর এম ফারুক ও ইপিজেড ইনভেস্টরস ফোরামের সদস্যদের সঙ্গে মতবিনিময় করবেন।

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[mukto-mona] Who has given the present government such an audacity to disgrace????????????

President Iajuddin Ahmed yesterday appointed MM Ruhul Amin as the next chief justice (CJ), superseding Justice Mohammad Fazlul Karim, the most senior member of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court after the incumbent CJ. We thought this caretaker government won't go for supersedence like the political governments. While the nation is always against the superseding of judges, particularly when this government is a neutral caretaker government. We did not expect from this government will go for supersession like previous political governments. Who has given the present government such an audacity to disgrace the senior judge as the present government has forgotten to let go of their attachment to being right, and suddenly their mind is more open and the government is able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by its own judgement?
 
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Re: [mukto-mona] Who are Secularist?

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A truly secular government should not fund or subsidize any religious
festival. If it has to do so, the dead religions also be sponsored. The
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[mukto-mona] Please publish it again, there is some misunderstanding



Janakantha editor will be released

When Sheikh Hasina will be free

 

Janakantha revolutionized Bangladesh Print Media. Janakantha is the news paper which did not submit to the Islamic fundamentalists & political Islamists, and did not compromise its journalistic ethics and standards for the Nizami-khaleda gov't advertisement money. For these two crimes! who else but the editor of Janakantha will be in jail?

 

Mr. Atiquallah Masud was target of the Islamists, viz. by Jamaat/ BNP a long time ago. When the care taker government came to power Jamaat with its sympathizers was able to get him. He is the poor victim of the growing militancy in Bangladesh. He is in jail and will be in jail for 48 long years if the Islamists have their way as the prevailing situation in Bangladesh suggests, unless the war criminals are tried and put away for good, and the progressive forces return to power.

 

On 9th May in Washington, D.C. in a Congressional Human Rights Caucus Symposium in Rayburn building, Mr. Selig Harrison, director of the Asia Program at the Center for International Policy and a senior scholar of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, told point blank that, "it was almost certain that AL was coming to power and to stop that from happening this drama of 1/11 was played as programmed. After BNP/Jamaat left power, all the episodes played was aimed at preventing Awami League from coming to power and the charade continues to date".  His assessment about the political plus-minus theories played in Bangladesh mirrors our own assessment. This whole episode is stage-managed by the invisible yet mighty king/queen makers and the caretaker government is used only as a cover for their political meddling in order to maintain their stranglehold on  national discourse. If one and a half year is any indication, we can certainly say that no good deeds can borne out of this (This blue, underline portion is added today, Monday, 1 AM, 26th May 2008).

 

Editor Atiqullah Masud is also a victim of that evil scheme. Sheikh Hasina is in jail for the same reason. The main game plot is to 'Stop Awami League' by any and all means.  They forget that Pakistan tried to stop AL and Bangladesh emerged as a free country. I don't know what fate will ordain for those heinous Islamists, but I am sure militant Islamists are bound to be doomed in Bangladesh. In the same Washington event, I was invited as a speaker. During the Q&A session, someone asked a question about Jamaat and my answer was: US administration policy towards Jamaat is not a reflection of the popular sentiment in the US nor that of In Bangladesh. In fact Jamaat is the party which gives shelter to all Islamic terrorists. State department acting director Mr. Richard Sacks also spoke there and was present during the Q&A.

 

Two years or so ago, few Bangladeshi editors were invited to the US State Department, when I had the good fortune of meeting  Mr. Atiqullah Masud. We met him mainly to 'Thank Him' for his unassailable service rendered for the safety and welfare of the religious minorities of Bangladesh during BNP/Jamaat rule, especially, during the dark days in the aftermath of 2001 election when the Islamic goons celebrated their victory by killing, raping, looting and persecuting  the religious minorities of Bangladesh. This honorable man, a true patriot who left the comfort and the luxury of richess and joined the war against Pakistand for our freedom is jailed today for his unbowed stance for our freedom and justice and against dark pulses discrimination and Islamic fanaticism.  Inspite of government's ruthless incarceration of him, the sacrifice Mr. Atiqullah Masud had made has already earned him the distinction of People's Editor. We salute him and I am sure minorities and progressive forces are saluting him as well. At this time, I must take the opportunity to say, 'Thank You' to all Janakantha journalists including respected Toyab Khan & Borhan Bhai.

 

The question, when Mr. Masud will be freed, looms large today. We can't envisage a scenario of his freedom under this government. But it can certainly be predicted that his incarceration will end when Sheikh Hasina is free. I am sure there is no jail in Bangladesh which can confine her for too long. Clock is ticking; she will be free along with all the progressive forces. For Khaleda Zia, I am sorry, she should be tried for 'Crime against Humanity' and surely, I want an open, free & fair trial.

 

The tide is turning. On May 18, the Chief Advisor opined in his speech "new dawn of the new year will welcome a democratically elected new gov't in Bangladesh". It is not far-fetched that the new dawn of the new year will also write a new script for all the actors who played in the 1/11 drama. Until that--let's keep our fingers crossed.

 

Sitangshu Guha

New York

5/23/2008

 

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I fully endorse Farida Majid's defence of Dr Yogi Sikand whose unflinching defence of benevolent aspects of Islam in contrast to Political Islam is recognised by many many people. Not that some of us agree with all his opinions but mostly we agree with him.

There is an interesting similarity between the defenders of Politival Islam and the Hindu Rightists. They never talk for the poor and against the rich.

An interesting interview by ex-BJP ideologue Govindacharya is pasted below.
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'Both BJP and Congress are pro-America and pro-rich' Vol 5, Issue 21, Dated May 31, 2008 (http://tehelka.com/story_main39.asp?filename=Ne310508cold_blood.asp)
RSS's Govindacharya creates a flutter. There is no difference between the BJP and the Congress, he tells HARINDER BAWEJA
Senior RSS leader MG Vaidya has recently talked in terms of the BJP and the Congress coming together to form a consensus government. Has there been an internal discussion on this within the RSS?
No internal discussion. Such ideas have been floated in the past too. The BJP is free to go ahead and work on the idea. The RSS will have no objection. Earlier too, Advani said the same thing. What was Advani's visit to Sonia Gandhi's house about? When he went to give her a copy of his book. It was a gesture only. Given the political compulsions, the need for a consensus government will arise after the elections. The BJP and the Congress combine are unlikely to get more than 250 seats. Competition and cartelisation should be considered a part of corporatocracy which goes under the name of democracy today.
How can the BJP and the Congress join hands? They are so ideologically different.
Both are umbrella parties and there are swadeshi as well as videshi elements in both of them. As far as the policies are concerned, both the Congress and the BJP are subservient to the US. Both the parties are pro-rich and both are pro-minorityism. Therefore, there should be no hitch over policy differences.
Interesting. Are you saying that there is very little difference between the two mainstream parties now?
There is only a marginal difference. The Congress may claim that they will be bashing the BJP as Hindu communalists but only to gather Muslim votes. So that is the only hitch. But once elections are over, these aspects are brushed under the carpet. The cementing force is nothing but political power.
Is it a serious thought or just an idea being floated?
This idea has got its genesis in earlier thought processes also. As far as the RSS is concerned, definitely, it is as disenchanted with the BJP as the Congress.
Will the RSS object to a national consensus government?
No, there will be no objection all. In fact, the RSS will feel very relaxed because then there will be no RSS bashing.
In response to Vaidya's article, BJP president Rajnath Singh has said that there is no such possibility.
That is just election campaign material, nothing else. After elections when alignments are sought, differences will evaporate in the heat of political power.
Do you think the BJP should make a beginning by saying yes to the nuclear deal?
I am totally opposed to the nuclear deal. Totally opposed.
What about the RSS?
The RSS has not thought over it and the BJP is divided, not because of any ideological position but because of the electoral gains. They don't know which stand to take. Therefore they stand confused. That confusion is very much evident in Yashwant Sinha taking one stand, Brajesh Mishra another, Jaswant Singh the third and Advani the fourth.
How do you think the BJP and the Congress can sort out differences in economic and foreign policies?
There need not be any differences in economic policies. Both will be pro-US in their foreign policy, and in the economic policy, both will be pro-rich. They will be part and parcel of corporatocracy. That is a new kind of polarisation in politics.
Isn't it surprising that the RSS is willing to bless such a move? Why this change in approach?
The idea has been supported since long. Nanaji Deshmukh supported this idea once. Atal Behari Vajpayee too supported it when it suited him. The political matrix has changed and the change has initiated this idea.


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[ALOCHONA] CTG is totally naked now After the statement of the four oldest journalist s of the country

At the beginning , the  brother in law of  fakhruddi, the Foreign adviser Iftekhar said that  the media  and journalists are the parliament members of this CTG.

 What  a  susil  behaviour this CTG is doing with its parliament members!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
 After the  statement of the four oldest journalist of the country, is there any cloth on the body of this CTG?

 

চার প্রবীণ সাংবাদিকের বিবৃতি

চার প্রবীণ সাংবাদিকের বিবৃতি

প্রকাশ্য-অপ্রকাশ্য নিয়ন্ত্রণ নিয়ে উদ্বেগ

চার প্রবীণ সাংবাদিক কে জি মুস্তফা, এবিএম মূসা, নির্মল সেন ও কামাল লোহানী এক বিবৃতিতে সা¤প্রতিককালে সব ধরনের গণমাধ্যমের উপর প্রকাশ্য ও অপ্রকাশ্য নিয়ন্ত্রণ আরোপ এবং সংবাদপত্র ও টেলিভিশনে কর্মরত সাংবাদিক এবং মফস্বল সংবাদদাতাদের হয়রানি ও হুমকি প্রদানে উদ্বেগ প্রকাশ করেছেন। তারা বর্তমান ক্ষমতাসীন সরকারকে সকল সংবাদ, মন্তব্য, প্রতিবেদন প্রকাশ ও স¤প্রচার জরুরি আইনের বিধি-নিষেধের আওতামুক্ত করার দাবি জানিয়েছেন। এই সকল বিধি-নিষেধ প্রত্যাহার ও হয়রানি বন্ধের দাবিতে সাংবাদিক সমাজ ও তাদের নেতৃবৃন্দকে শুধু মৌখিকভাবে সোচ্চার হওয়া নয়, সংগ্রামী ও সক্রিয় ভূমিকা নেয়ার আহ্বান জানান।

প্রসঙ্গত চার সাংবাদিক বলেন, 'একই সঙ্গে আমরা দেশের রাজনৈতিক নেতৃবৃন্দকে স্মরণ করিয়ে দিতে চাই, অতীতে গণতন্ত্র পুনরুদ্ধার, মানবাধিকার রক্ষা ও মতপ্রকাশের স্বাধীনতা নিশ্চিত করার জন্য বিভিন্ন সময় বিভিন্ন আন্দোলনে আমরা এক কাতারে শামিল হয়েছিলাম। অথচ আজকে তারা গণমাধ্যম ও সাংবাদিকদের দুর্দিনে একাত্মতা প্রকাশের ব্যাপারে নিশ্চুপ রয়েছেন। তাদের যারা একটি রাজনৈতিক সংলাপে অংশ নিচ্ছেন তাদের সাংবাদিকতার ও মতপ্রকাশের স্বাধীনতা ও সাংবাদিক হয়রানির বিষয়টি সেখানেই আলোচনা করার অনুরোধ জানাচ্ছি। অপরদিকে অপ্রীতিকর পরিস্থিতির শিকার সাংবাদিকদের আমাদের কাছে তাদের সকল তিক্ত অভিজ্ঞতার বিস্তারিত বিবরণ পাঠাতে বলছি।

চার প্রবীণ সাংবাদিক গত শুক্রবার জাতীয় প্রেসক্লাবে একটি বৈঠকে 'স্বাধীন গণমাধ্যমের জন্য আমরা চারজন' (ডব ঋড়ঁৎ ভড়ৎ ঋৎবব গবফরধ) নামে একটি ফোরাম গঠন করেন। বৈঠক শেষে সাংবাদিক চতুষ্টয় বলেন, 'ইতিমধ্যে আমাদের কাছে অনেক জাতীয় এবং আঞ্চলিক পত্রিকার সম্পাদক ও সাংবাদিক এবং টিভি সাংবাদিক ও মফস্বল সংবাদদাতারা সংবাদ প্রকাশ, প্রচার, প্রেরণ ও স¤প্রচারের ক্ষেত্রে কোন কোন মহল কর্তৃক হয়রানির দুঃসহ অভিজ্ঞতা চিঠি, টেলিফোন ও ই-মেইলের মাধ্যমে অবহিত করেছেন। সংবাদপত্র ও টিভি আলোচক এবং কলাম লেখকদের একটি অলিখিত কালো তালিকা তাদের জানিয়ে দেয়া হয়েছে বলে অভিযোগ করেছেন। এমতাবস্থায় অতীত দিনের মতো বর্তমান সঙ্কটময় পরিস্থিতি মোকাবিলার জন্য অগ্রণী ভূমিকা পালনের জন্য নিগৃহীত সাংবাদিকগণ আমাদের অনুরোধ জানিয়েছেন। তাদের এই অনুরোধের প্রেক্ষিতে আমরা বর্তমান সাংবাদিক নেতৃবৃন্দের ও সম্পাদকদের সঙ্গে আলোচনা করে অচিরেই স্বাধীন গণমাধ্যম আন্দোলনের কার্যকর কার্যসূচি ঘোষণা করবো।' বিজ্ঞপ্তি

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[mukto-mona] Cuban struggle

 
Cuba is set to open up but not in the Chinese and Vietnamese way. The high risk of being gobbled up by neocons and neo-liberalism is very much there, as hinted by Minqi Li in April 2008 issue in the Monthly Review. Cuba with Raul Castro at the helm is very likely to be cautious in opening up, given the fact it is impossible to be fully aloof from reform. But reform does not mean subservience to the dangerous trinity -IMF, World Bank & WTO.

The following piece from Inter Press Service gives an indication about how Cuba struggles with success (albeit slowly, but firmly) against US trade sanction and opposition from the mega MNCs.
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ECONOMY-CUBA: A New Model in the Making?
By Patricia Grogg (http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42488)
HAVANA, May 23 (IPS) - Preparations for the sixth congress of Cuba's ruling Communist Party (PCC), to be held in late 2009, may speed up the "structural changes" promised by President Raúl Castro and pave the way for a development strategy more suited to present conditions, experts say.

Economists consulted by IPS say that the Economic Resolution of the fifth PCC congress, held in 1997, has been overtaken by events and no longer reflects reality.

Each party congress is meant to reflect on the previous five years and decide guidelines for the next five-year period. The sixth congress, due in 2002, had been postponed.

Omar Everleny Pérez Villanueva, the deputy director of the Centre for the Study of the Cuban Economy (CEEC) at the University of Havana, said one example of change in the Cuban economy is that the country now earns sizeable revenues from professional medical services, which was not the case in the late 1990s.

According to statistics that have not been officially confirmed, sales of medical services generate between five and six billion dollars a year, which is used to finance strategic imports such as fuel and foods, or to buy equipment and medical technology for the national health service.

CEEC researchers say that in the last few years, the economy has developed in an improvised fashion in response to urgent problems, like the energy crisis in 2004, which forced a change of energy policy towards savings, greater efficiency and use of renewable sources.

According to Pérez Villanueva, Cuba must stop going from crisis to crisis, with solutions thought up on the spur of the moment, and advance towards a development strategy that includes a wide range of simultaneous measures, from monetary policy to those directly related to industrial and agricultural production.

"We need a programme, a set of guidelines that defines where we are going and marks the stages, and that sets out the tasks involved in building socialism," said economist and CEEC researcher Armando Nova, who pointed out that Cuba has had to work under the pressure of the U.S. embargo for over four decades.

Nova agrees with Pérez Villanueva and other academics that, among other things, "productive forces need to be freed up," with clear rules. The market needs to expand to provide incentives for production and work, and excessive centralisation and financial and productive restrictions on businesses should be eliminated, he added.

"It must be recognised that the domestic market is a real and concrete tool that drives development. Of course, it cannot be left to its own devices, but should be regulated by means of economic mechanisms, so that the plan and the market are compatible," Nova told IPS.

One of the measures being implemented that could lead to structural changes in agriculture is, in fact, the creation of shops where small farmers can buy what they need directly, instead of having to use the centralised distribution system that existed before, Nova said.

In mid-2007 Raúl Castro, then interim president, announced that "structural and conceptual changes would have to be introduced as necessary" to boost crop yields and curb food imports, which will absorb an estimated 1.9 billion dollars in 2008.

According to CEEC studies, it is a good move to begin with measures in agriculture because of the "multiplier effect" the sector has on the economy as a whole. Among the essential changes advocated by the experts are the decentralisation of planning and the creation of an environment that stimulates production.

The current plans to distribute more land to farmers are important, the experts say, but they stress that land reform must go hand-in-hand with markets, credit and an attractive rate of exchange. To date the exchange rate for businesses is one Cuban peso per convertible peso or CUC (the local hard currency that replaced dollars), while state exchange shops buy CUCs for 24 pesos and sell them for 25.

The authorities are considering granting farmers land, without title, because it is estimated that about 50 percent of the cultivable land on the island is lying fallow. According to Nova, 200,000 hectares have been granted on those conditions since the 1990s.

In general, the beneficiaries were private small farmers engaged in family farming, and agricultural cooperatives, Nova said.

The government is prioritising changes in the agricultural sector, and regards increased food production as a matter of national security. Specialised media have said that the restructuring process being carried out now is to be completed by the middle of this year.

Until the 1980s, Cuba produced industrial goods like pressure cookers, refrigerators and gas cookers. In Pérez Villanueva's view, these industries should also be revived, with the participation of foreign investment if necessary, to supply the domestic market and for export to other Caribbean nations, for example.

"No society can hope to develop without important contributions from agriculture and industry. Services alone cannot keep the country going. A radical reform is needed, to shift the foundations of how the economy has been operating up to now, otherwise we'll always be in crisis management mode," he said.

At the beginning of this year, sales of articles like computers and cell phones were allowed for the first time, in the shops where only CUCs are accepted. These items used to be available only to businesses, diplomats and foreign citizens.

Cubans are also now allowed to stay at hotels that used to be reserved exclusively for foreign tourists.

"These measures were taken to correct prohibitions that should never have existed, but they do not constitute structural changes, although they might be a step towards recognising the way the market can play a role in helping achieve better economic results," said Nova. (END/2008)

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May 26, 2008

Press Conference

Tomorrow Sunday

 

Federation of Organizations against Bangladesh War Criminal Nazi & Holocaust Research Center will jointly hold a 'Press Conference & Exchange of Opinion' with the Sector Commanders Forum leaders on Monday, 26th May at 3PM in Bangladesh Plaza conference room.   Please join.

Leaders who will attend the press conference are:

1. Air Vice Marshal (Retired) A K Khandker. Former Chief of Staff, Bangladesh Air Force and Convener of Sector Commanders Forum 

2. Lt. General (Retired) Harun Ar Rashid, Former Chief of Staff, Bangladesh Army and Member Secretary of Sector Commanders Forum,

3. Major Gen. (Rtd) D. Ahsan, Coordinator, sector commanders Forum

4. Principal Ahad Choudhury, Chairman, Mukti Jodha sangsad, Central command council

 

Program: Press Conference & Exchange of opinion

Monday, 26th May 2008

Time: 3PM

Venue: Bangladesh Plaza, Jackson Heights.

Host: Federation of Organizations against Bangladesh War Criminals, USA &

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Syed M. Ullah

Meena Farah

 

 

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