Azad Majumdar, Deputy Press Secretary of the Chief Adviser, said, 'The six commissions that have been established earlier, they started working after the publication of the gazette. And the names of the heads of the remaining four commissions have been announced. The full commission will be gazetted in a few days.' News from Deutsche Welle.
The full gazette of the five commissions was published on October 3. They are- Judiciary, Police, Public Administration, Election and Anti-Corruption Commission. The gazette of the Constitution Reform Commission was published on October 7. First, the head of this commission was Dr. Shahdeen Malik. Later, Professor Ali Riyaz was made the head of the commission instead. Shahdin Malik is no longer in the commission.
Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan announced four more commissions and the names of the heads on Thursday. They are - the head of the Health Commission, Dr. National Professor. AK Azad Khan, Media Commission Chief Kamal Ahmed, Labor Rights Commission Chief Syed Sultanuddin Ahmed and Women Affairs Commission Chief Shireen Parveen Haque.
Shirin Parveen Haque said, 'I don't know the details here. I don't know who the other members of the commission will be. If you tell me the details along with the terms of reference, you can start the work. I can't do anything before that.'
These four commissions will also recommend reforms in their respective fields.
The tenure of each commission is six months from the date of gazette publication. Commission head and members are working in the commission as full time. During this time they will abstain from other work. Office and secretarial support is provided for their work. They will report to the Chief Advisor.
How the commission is proceeding
Deutsche Welle spoke to six members of the gazetted commission. Talking to them, it is clear that each commission is taking the work forward through their own meetings and discussions. They are also consulting experts outside the commission members for their work. Apart from this, they will also discuss with the concerned parties. Some commissions are also launching web sites. Through that website, they will give the common people of the country an opportunity to give their opinion.
The Electoral Reform Commission is doing its work sitting in the Election Commission. Commission member Professor Dr. Jahed Ur Rahman said, we are working full time. We have meetings every day. We are collecting the necessary documents. Looking at the prevailing law. We have differences of opinion. We are also debating among ourselves. Through this we will make an initial recommendation and then work further. Based on that we will present our recommendations.
According to him, it is not only election commission reform. Our job is to recommend reforms to the electoral system. Many people think that a fair election is not possible without supervisory soccer. In fact, to do the whole job, the constitution and laws have to be changed. We are working on all these things. Our goal is free and fair election system.
He said that they will also exchange views with the civil society. Consult experts. Another website is opening, where the people of the country can give their opinion. They will also consider them seriously.
Dhaka University Law Department Professor Shahnaz Huda, a member of the Police Reform Commission, said, "We hope that we can make a good proposal to create a people-friendly police force." All those in the commission are experienced. They have done a lot of work in the past with the police. They are giving important feedback.
"We have already had several meetings. We are taking the opinion of outside experts as well. I will discuss. I will also take the opinion of common people. It is a huge task. Trying to complete the work within the stipulated three months. That's why after making a preliminary draft, we will discuss it again, get information, get opinions, and then finalize it. Our target is to make a recommendation to make the police the people's police.'
Former Chairman of Public Administration Department of Dhaka University AKM Feroz Ahmed said, "We have held one meeting so far." There will be another meeting next Wednesday. As a result, nothing can be said now. If we have a few more meetings, we will understand where we are, in which direction we will go.
Judiciary Reform Commission has also held several meetings in the meantime, said the commission member, former judge and lawyer Mazdar Hossain. He said, we are meeting almost every day. We are discussing various things among ourselves. But nothing can be said in detail now. But we want to do something good.
Member of the Constitution Reform Commission Supreme Court lawyer Dr. Sharif Bhuiyan said, we had a meeting on October 13. Another meeting will be held on October 21. Nothing more can be said now. We will inform about the progress of our work later by press briefing.
And the member of the Corruption Reforms Commission, Professor Mobaswer Momen of Public Administration Department of Dhaka University informed about the commission's work but did not say anything in detail.
Incidentally, after the fall of Sheikh Hasina's government on August 8, Professor Dr. An interim government was formed under the leadership of Muhammad Yunus. The main objective of the student movement was state reform. And for that reform, 10 commissions have been formed so far.