Centre for Policy Dialogue chairman Rehman Sobhan on Sunday said that one of the biggest problems in the country was failure to implement policies.
He said that failure to implement policies and ambiguity regarding the government鈥檚 willingness to implement policies were the real problems and that needed to be discussed.
He made the remarks at a discussion titled 鈥楾he CPD Journey: Commemorating Thirty Years of CPD鈥�, marking CPD鈥檚 30th anniversary held at BRAC Centre Inn, Mohakhali in the capital Dhaka on the day.
鈥榃e wanted to keep the government accountable for how far they were willing to implement their own policies,鈥� Rehman Sobhan said.
鈥楬owever radical or revolutionary you may want to be in terms of reforms, you have to look ahead to see how far they were going to be implemented,鈥� he added.
Sobhan highlighted CPD鈥檚 journey and its efforts to ensure the government鈥檚 accountability through dialogue.聽
He said that the government was much more sensitive to the part of the process where accountability was to be established. The process of holding them accountable was something about which they were very uncomfortable, he added.
He further said that the government was willing to listen and, previously, successive finance ministers over many years were willing to sit with CPD and listen, adding, 鈥楾he word 鈥榬ubbish鈥� began to be used in the last 7-8 years, when intelligent observations were being made about the process of policy making and its implementation.鈥�
The CPD chairman emphasised involving civil society, including academics, businesses, workers and NGOs, in the policymaking process.
He also said that all political crises should be addressed through constructive dialogue.聽
The interim government鈥檚 chief adviser Muhammad Yunus, also a CPD trustee member, in a video message said that CPD had always thought independently and helped the policymakers by giving them important advices.
Rounaq Jahan, distinguished fellow of CPD, and Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, BNP standing committee member, among others, were present in the discussion.
