POLITICAL CRISIS OF BANGLADESH :
Part Five : SPECIFIC PROPOSALS (ii) FORMATION OF
COMMITTEES AND THEIR ACTIVITIES
Prof. Bijon B. Sarma
RULES AND REGULATIONS TO BE FOLLOWED BY THE REGISTERED PARTIES :
During the first time registration the election commission shall
accept the committees without asking how those were formed. But the
commission shall clearly spell out how the elections will be held in
these committees in the future years. Copy of these rules shall
comprise part of the application. Any member, ordinary sup****ter or
non related person will be allowed to file law suits in case any
provision of the rules is violated. Hereunder we show the proposed
regulations regarding Election and activities of the committees.
OFFICE BEARERS OF THE COMMITTEE :
FIRST TIME REGISTRATION : The political parties have to apply for
registration showing full-fledged Central and Steering committee.
Since there is no scope of election within this short time, the party/
like-minded people would choose the members and their positions as per
their convenience. The authorities shall accept those if the
conditions are fulfilled. After the first-time registration, the
Central committee shall work for two years and the Steering
Committees, for one year. Subsequently all the committees shall work
for two years, such that the election of the Central committees will
be held in the odd years and that of the Steering committees, in the
even years.
SUBSEQUENT PERIODS : (a) CENTRAL COMMITTEES :
All the elections will be held within the first week of the specified
month in the odd years.
(a) National Central Committee : Month of election : December.
Voters : (i) Enlisted members of the party living in the capital city.
(ii) Office bearers or elected members of the (a) Divisions, (b)
Districts and (c) Thanas.
Education : Graduation.
Procedure : Secret ballots for (i), postal votes for (ii) (a), (b)
and (c).above.
(b) Divisional Central Committee : Month : November.
Voters : (i) Enlisted members living in this Divisional head quarter.
(ii) Office bearers of the (a) Districts and (b) Thanas under this
Division.
Education : Graduation.
Procedure : Secret ballots for (i), postal votes for (ii) (a) and
(b).
The elected members (office-bearers) will vote for the contesting
members in the upper level.
(c) District Central Committee : Month : October.
Voters : (i) Enlisted members of the party living in this District
headquarter. (ii) Elected members of the Thanas under this district.
Education : Graduation.
Procedure : Secret ballots for (i), postal votes for (ii).
The elected members (office-bearers) will vote for the contesting
members in the upper levels.
(d) Thana Central Committee : Month : September.
Voters : Enlisted members of the party living in this thana.
Educational : Graduation.
Procedure : Through secret ballots.
The elected members (office-bearers) will vote for the contesting
members in the upper levels.
(b) STEERING COMMITTEES :
The elections will be held in the National, Divisional, District and
Thana levels exactly in the above manner in the even years.
Qualification of the intending members also will be the same.
Voters : The office-bearers of the specific Central committee will act
as voters.
Procedure : Election will be held through secret ballots.
RULE OF BUSINESS OF THE COMMITTEES :
The Central committee will be the policy making body, that would
execute the philosophy and policies of the political party through the
Steering committee. The central committee shall meet minimum two times
in a year in the months of January and July. If a committee cannot
meet within the stipulated month, then the office bearers will lose
their positions and fresh election will be held in the following
month. The Steering committee shall meet as and when necessary, but
the gap between two meetings shall in no way exceed four months. In
case of failure there will be fresh election.
In these committees no single person would at as Chairman or General
secretary. A number of persons (comprising of 1% of the total members
in the committee) will act as member of the presidium. One of them
would act as the chairman in a meeting and the chairman****p shall
rotate in a cyclic order. Similar will be the case with the general
secretary, In every meeting there will be three secretaries, where one
would act as Chief and the two others as his assistants.
SENDING MEMBERS TO NATIONAL ELECTION :
In seeking nomination for posts in the national election the members
would need minimum two years' experience in Central committee or four
years' in Steering committee. This period of experience shall not be
applicable at the time of first registration. Before seeking
nomination the intending member would be required to publish detail
accounts of his immovable properties and assets along with the bank
accounts of his and wife's direct relatives (i.e. son, daughter and
their spouse, his and his wife's brother, sister and their spouse).
Also he has to disclose the statement of properties and assets within
two months after leaving or removal from the post.
PROF. BIJON B. SARMA, ARCHITECTURE DISCIPLINE, KHULNA UNIVERSITY
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