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| Civil, police admin to be reshuffled in two weeks |
| 2008-08-18 |
| The government is going to rearrange the civil and police administration in two weeks through transfer and posting, and through withdrawal of officials facing specific allegations or having poor performance records, officials say. Instructed by the Chief Adviser's Office, the establishment ministry along with the Cabinet Division initiated moves last week and is now busy scrutinising field level officials to pull out those whose involvement might make polls controversial. In the police administration, officials posted by the then Iajuddin Ahmed-led caretaker government would be transferred from their present stations. "We have 10 such superintendents of police [SP] and 58 officers-in-charge [OC] who will have new postings," said Additional Inspector General of Police NBK Tripura. He added they have backtracked on a decision of massive reshuffle in police administration. "The officers facing allegations of specific misconducts or irregularities or showing poor performance will be withdrawn from the field," he told The Daily Star yesterday. The police administration is doing the homework to complete the reshuffle by end of August, he added. The army-backed caretaker government, which has hardly brought any changes in the administration so far, has asked the establishment and home ministries to bring the necessary changes before the upazila and national polls. Establishment Secretary Abdus Salam Khan on Wednesday told a group of journalists that the reshuffle would take place in phases. "It's going to start with the UNOs... But no massive changes will take place," he said. A three-member committee formed last week headed by Additional Secretary to Cabinet Division Zahid Hossain passed hectic days on Wednesday and Thursday as it is assigned to reorganise the bottom-level officials. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 If you mix them up too much, you'll have crossfires all over the place. Compound crossfiring could even occur. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-08-18 08:08 |