Communist Party of Bangladesh Observed local government empowerment day throughout the country on 13 th April. The day was marked by meetings and demonstrations in different district and upozilla head quarters.
In Dhaka the party organized public meeting at Muktangan and later a procession marched through the streets of the city center. Comrade Manzurul Ahsan Khan who presided over the public meeting demanded repeal of proposed law which he said has greatly curtailed the rights of the chairman of Upozilla Parishods and made it mandatory to take the consent of the local M.P in all matters. He said in his speech that if we want to take democracy to the door steps of the people democratic decentralization and empowerment of the local government is essential. He alleged that the government has departed from the spirit of the constitution by curtailing the power of upozilla chairman. Manzur said MP’ocracy has been imposed instead of democracy. He said the political elites of the ruling class and beurocracy always obstruct efforts towards democratization and decentralization. The meeting expressed solidarity to the demands put forward by united platform of elected leaders of Upozilla Parishad.
13.4.09
In Dhaka the party organized public meeting at Muktangan and later a procession marched through the streets of the city center. Comrade Manzurul Ahsan Khan who presided over the public meeting demanded repeal of proposed law which he said has greatly curtailed the rights of the chairman of Upozilla Parishods and made it mandatory to take the consent of the local M.P in all matters. He said in his speech that if we want to take democracy to the door steps of the people democratic decentralization and empowerment of the local government is essential. He alleged that the government has departed from the spirit of the constitution by curtailing the power of upozilla chairman. Manzur said MP’ocracy has been imposed instead of democracy. He said the political elites of the ruling class and beurocracy always obstruct efforts towards democratization and decentralization. The meeting expressed solidarity to the demands put forward by united platform of elected leaders of Upozilla Parishad.
13.4.09
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