The Gana Forum on Sunday placed 11-point programmes for forging a national unity for the establishment of effective democracy in the country.
‘The whole nation is eagerly waiting for meaningful changes in politics for ensuring security and peace in the society,’ party president Kamal Hossain said at a briefing at National Press Club.
Kamal, also a senior jurist, said that the country was facing serious political crisis and the 11-point programmes would help the nation resolve the ongoing ‘political deadlock.’
The programmes stressed the need holding a fair and neutral national election free from undisclosed or untaxed money and muscle power so that honest and competent people could be voted to parliament.
It said that holding a free, fair and neutral general election was the first step to establish democracy.
The politics must be free from communality, religion and terrorism and elections must be contested by all political parties, the programme said.
The administration and police must not be used politically and extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances must not be occurred, it said.
The human rights of the people must be ensured, educational institutions must be kept out of the influences of the political parties and the judiciary must remain out of the influences of executives, the programme stated.
The state must ensure education, health, habitations of the people, it said.
Gana Forum executive president Subrata Chowdhury and its leaders Altaf Hossain, Moshtaque Ahmed, Jaglul Haider Afrid, AOM Shafiullah, former Dhaka University Central Students Union vice-president Sultan Mohammad Mansur Ahmed, Forward Party convener ABM Mostafa Amin, among others, attended the press conference.
‘The whole nation is eagerly waiting for meaningful changes in politics for ensuring security and peace in the society,’ party president Kamal Hossain said at a briefing at National Press Club.
Kamal, also a senior jurist, said that the country was facing serious political crisis and the 11-point programmes would help the nation resolve the ongoing ‘political deadlock.’
The programmes stressed the need holding a fair and neutral national election free from undisclosed or untaxed money and muscle power so that honest and competent people could be voted to parliament.
It said that holding a free, fair and neutral general election was the first step to establish democracy.
The politics must be free from communality, religion and terrorism and elections must be contested by all political parties, the programme said.
The administration and police must not be used politically and extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances must not be occurred, it said.
The human rights of the people must be ensured, educational institutions must be kept out of the influences of the political parties and the judiciary must remain out of the influences of executives, the programme stated.
The state must ensure education, health, habitations of the people, it said.
Gana Forum executive president Subrata Chowdhury and its leaders Altaf Hossain, Moshtaque Ahmed, Jaglul Haider Afrid, AOM Shafiullah, former Dhaka University Central Students Union vice-president Sultan Mohammad Mansur Ahmed, Forward Party convener ABM Mostafa Amin, among others, attended the press conference.
Source: New Age
