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| Bangladesh |
| AL leaders draw up 21-pt reform plan |
| 2007-06-14 |
| In a bid to bring 'drastic' reforms in the Awami League (AL), several influential leaders of the party have prepared a 21-point draft proposal, which they will hand over to party President Sheikh Hasina within the next week. Several pro-reform leaders said they will be with Hasina if she accepts the proposals, otherwise they will challenge her leadership. Many senior leaders of the party have held regular secret meetings during the last couple of weeks for preparing the draft, which they said have been prepared after taking opinion from the party's central to grass roots level leaders. To review the draft proposal, they held a meeting at the residence of the party's central leader Dr Ali Ashraf on Tuesday. "After finalising the proposal by Sunday, we will hand it over to the party chief as well as all the party leaders from central to upazila levels and to the media," said a leader who attended the meeting. The key leaders of the move, including presidium members Abdur Razzak, Tofail Ahmed and Suranjit Sengupta, also held meetings with the leaders of the AL-led 14 party coalition and other like-minded political parties, sources said. A leader attending the meeting said they have been moving fast to bring drastic reforms in the party, as they do not want to lock horns with the military-backed caretaker government. "We are not quitting the Awami League. Rather we will save the party of Bangabandhu through carrying out reforms as per the demand of the time," said the leader replying to a query. |
| Posted by:Fred |