As part of the ongoing consultations with stakeholders, the Council of Advisers led by Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus, will begin a fresh phase of dialogue with major political parties on Saturday.
“The key purpose of the dialogue is to inform the political parties about progress over the six reform commissions’ work and discuss the law-and-order situation of the country and seek their suggestions,” Chief Adviser`s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam told reporters, mentioning that this is an ongoing process.
Deputy Press Secretaries Apurba Jahangir and Abul Kalam Azad Majumdar were also present at the media briefing at the Foreign Service Academy on Wednesday.
There were two rounds of dialogue between the political parties and the Council of Advisers led by Prof Yunus after the formation of the interim government on August 8.
It is not decided yet how many days the dialogue with the political parties will continue.
The Press Secretary hoped that the six reform commissions will fully be formed with required members within the next two-three days.
He said the reform commissions have already started working with their terms and references in place, and they are in discussion with those who will be joining the commissions as members.
Asked about the political parties who will join the dialogue, the Press Secretary said major parties will be invited. “You will see and know on Saturday.”
Responding to a question on the CHT situation, he said there were tensions but the situation is far better now.
The six commissions were initially scheduled to start working from October 1.
The reform commissions are the Electoral System Reform Commission headed by Dr Badiul Alam Majumdar, the Police Administration Reform Commission headed by Sarfaraz Hossain, the Judiciary Reform Commission headed by Justice Shah Abu Naeem Mominur Rahman, Anti-Corruption Reform Commission headed by TIB’s Dr Iftekharuzzaman, Public Administration Reform Commission headed by Abdul Mueed Chowdhury and Constitution Reform Commission headed by Distinguished Professor at Illinois State University Dr Ali Riaz.
In the previous media briefing, the Press Secretary said the Council of Advisers headed by the Chief Adviser wanted to sit with the political parties quickly before the commissions started working on the reforms.
Alam said the six commissions were scheduled to work from October 1 but a decision came for another phase of consultation with the political leaders to seek their opinions. Since there are six heads of these commissions, work has started to some extent, he added.
