The public administration reform commission and the judiciary reform commission are going to hand over their reports with recommendations to Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus today.
The members of the two commissions will submit their reports to the interim government chief at the Chief Adviser鈥檚 Office at 12:00 noon today, said the chief adviser鈥檚 press wing on Tuesday.
鈥榃e are going to submit our report to the chief adviser tomorrow,鈥� said Professor Aka Firowz Ahmad, a member of the public administration reform commission, on Tuesday.
After the fall of the Awami League regime on August 5, 2024 amid a student-led mass uprising, the interim government formed six聽 commissions on October 3, 2024, aiming for state reforms.
Among them, reform commissions on the constitution, electoral system, police, and the Anti-Corruption Commission handed over their reports to the chief adviser on January 15, although the initial deadline was December 31.
The public administration and judiciary reform commissions were given extended deadlines until January 31.
The judiciary reform commission emailed its report to the Ministry of Law, meeting the revised deadline.
Due to some schedule-related issues, the report handover ceremony was rescheduled for February 5, said a member of the judiciary reform commission.
The judiciary reform commission is set to recommend key reforms, including the establishment of a separate secretariat for the judiciary under the Supreme Court, the appointment of SC judges by the Supreme Judicial Appointment Council, an independent attorney service, a specialised investigation agency, and commerce-related courts, according to the commission members.
On December 17, the disclosure of some planned recommendations by the public administration reform commission caused tensions between two groups within the country鈥檚 civil services鈥攐ne representing only the administration cadre and the other comprising 25 cadres, including education, health, agriculture, cooperatives, information and statistics.
At a press conference on the day, the reform commission chief, Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury, hinted at some planned recommendations, including the appointment of 50 per cent of deputy secretaries from the administration cadre and the remaining 50 per cent from the other 25 cadres, as well as the separation of the education and health sectors from the Bangladesh Civil Service.
The Bangladesh Administrative Service Association opposed the planned proposals, demanding the establishment of a Bangladesh Administrative Service exclusively for administration cadre officials.
Officials from other civil service cadres, under the banner of the Inter-Cadre Council to Eliminate Discrimination, rejected the planned proposals and demanded 100 per cent merit-based promotions to deputy secretary and higher ranks.
鈥榃e cannot disclose any updates until our report is submitted to the chief adviser,鈥� said public administration reform commission member Professor Firowz on Tuesday.
Besides the six, the interim government also formed five reform commissions on health, women鈥檚 affairs, labour sector, mass media, and local government on November 18. These five commissions are expected to submit their reports in the third week of February.