Reiterating that required reforms should be accomplished before holding the next national election, chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday hinted that they could come up with a kind of announcement that month on the reform and election process.
Referring to the election reform commission, he said that there were certain reforms that were required to finish before the election to avoid old-fashioned problems.
In an interactive session with the envoys of European countries at chief adviser鈥檚 office in Dhaka, professor Yunus said that they had to wait for the reports of the reform commission to incorporate its proposals in the election process.聽
鈥業f the government holds the election now, it will be an old-fashioned one and all the old-fashioned problems will come back,鈥� the chief adviser observed.
He highlighted the interim government鈥檚 commitment to building a new Bangladesh that required new policies and new institutional framework. 鈥楾he political parties are very interested in holding the election. We are also interested in holding the election.鈥�
Yunus told the diplomats that he was trying to explain the people about government鈥檚 two responsibilities - holding the election and carrying out reforms in various areas.
He said that there were 15 different commissions and the government was expecting reports from these commissions by the end of that month to middle of January.
鈥榃e will be ready for the election if the election process reforms are accomplished. This is the direction we are going....two processes are moving in the same direction towards our goal,鈥� he said.
鈥楾his is a very exciting moment for Bangladesh as this is the month of Victory. And this is a very special occasion to have you all together. It shows the support to Bangladesh - political, economic and moral support,鈥� professor Yunus said.聽
He added that there was a strong sense of unity that existed in Bangladesh despite some propaganda and misinformation campaign against the country.聽
The chief adviser also presented the initiatives the interim government had taken to reform banking, economy and labour sectors before the European diplomats.
