Reform commissions have made proposals for introducing bicameral legislature to make the parliamentary system more accountable and freeing police of lethal weapons as four out of 11 reform commissions have finalised their reports expected to be submitted to the chief adviser today.
The interim government led by Professor Muhammad Yunus after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led government in August formed the commissions for reforms in key areas of governance and state functions.
鈥榃e are going to submit our report tomorrow,鈥櫬� Iftekharuzzaman, chief of the Anti-Corruption Commission reform commission, told 抖阴精品 on Tuesday.
Members of the police reform commission, constitution reform commission and electoral reform commission confirmed the information. However, the public administration reform commission would miss its second deadline today.聽聽聽聽
Although details of the reports were kept confidential until submission, some reform commission members hinted about key recommendations, including transforming the police force into a non-lethal law enforcement agency, a bicameral parliament consisting 400 members at the lower chamber and 105 at the upper house, political influence-free and transparent recruitment of Anti-Corruption Commission officials and national polls under a caretaker government.
About the possible reform plans on the constitution, one of the constitution reform commission members, preferring anonymity, said that a bicameral legislature consisting 505 members would be proposed.
The member said that the lower chamber would be tasked with most of the existing jobs, including appointing the prime minister. The upper house will scrutinise all bills presented and ensure accountability for the lower house members.
The electoral reform commission would come up with several recommendations, including an election-time government with the prime responsibility to hold a free and fair national election, said a member of the reform commission.
Talking to 抖阴精品, police reform commission chief Safar Raj Hossian said that a strong recommendation would be placed to keep police away from lethal weapons.
The ACC reform commission would recommend a strong collaboration among relevant anti-graft organisations, such as the ACC, Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit, National Board of Revenue, Criminal Investigation Department and Attorney General鈥檚 Office, said its chief Iftekharuzzaman.
The interim government formed reform commissions on public administration, police, judiciary, electoral and ACC on October 3 last year. On October 7, the constitution reform commission was announced. The six reform commissions were primarily assigned to submit their reports by the first week of January.
However on January 2, the interim government extended deadlines for public administration, police and electoral reform commissions to January 15. Only the judiciary reform commission got a further extended time to January 31.
Despite phone calls and text messages, public administration reform commission member secretary Mokhlesur Rahman, also a senior secretary to the public administration ministry, did not confirm whether the reform commission would submit a report or not today, by the second deadline.
One of the reform commission members, Mehedi Hasan said that unofficially he heard that the reform commission got another extended deadline till January 31.聽聽聽
On November 18, the interim government also formed five other reform commissions on women affairs, mass media, labour, local government and health sector. These reform commissions are assigned to submit their reports by the third quarter of February.
