Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus on Monday said the people of the country need to be made election-oriented, noting that they must be made aware that no one can snatch the ballot box.
“We must bring discipline, and we, taking the people together, must hold safe elections,” Yunus said at a meeting of the National Consensus Commission held at the State Guest House Jamuna.
The meeting also revealed that Yunus will open the second round of talks with political parties on reform work in the first week of June.
The commission's first round of talks with political parties ended on May 19.
Yunus, head of the commission, chaired the meeting where its members informed him about progress in the talks with political parties.
The chief adviser suggested increasing public awareness by involving civil society and grassroots organizations in the reform process and elections, along with political parties.
“The Bangladesh that we got after such a big uprising should not remain the same Bangladesh,” Yunus said.
The meeting discussed the formation of an independent commission to investigate the role of those involved in irregularities in elections in the past.
National Consensus Commission Vice-Chairman Prof Ali Riaz said: “Every political party has already expressed their views on this issue.”
Member Ayub Bhuiyan called for the immediate formation of a public administration reform implementation commission.
Judicial Reform Commission representative Emdadul Haque called on the chief adviser to ensure that the commission formed to appoint Supreme Court judges based on the consensus of political parties can work transparently.
Meanwhile, Anti-Corruption Reform Commission representative Dr Iftekharuzzaman called for the formulation of a roadmap to implement the recommendations of the reform commissions formed on media, labour, local government, women's affairs and health issues outside the six initially formed commissions.
