Govt implemented 63 percent of cabinet decisions

Dhaka, Dec 30 (bdprem.com) – The emergency government has implemented more than 63 percent of the 339 decisions made by the interim cabinet. A total of 41 ordinances have been announced since the government took over in Jan 11, 2006. Your Ad Here "Seventy-four meetings of the council of advisers were held from January to December 12. The meetings took 339 decisions, of which 214 have been implemented and the 125 are under the process of implementation," additional secretary to the Cabinet Division Md Zahid Hossain told bdnews24.com Sunday. "The rate of the implementation of decisions is much more than it was before. The present government wants to establish good governance in the country," law and information adviser Mainul Hosein told bdnews24.com by telephone Sunday. "The government is taking only those decisions that are extremely important for establishing good governance." "I hope the next elected government would approve the ordinances taken by the present government and make them law since these ordinances have been promulgated in public interest," Mainul said. The constitution provides that the ordinances promulgated before the parliament was formed to be placed for approval in the first session of the Jatiya Sangsad. Officials with the law, justice and parliamentary affairs ministry said that 41 ordinances have been promulgated. These are Emergency Powers Ordinance, Criminal Procedure Code (Amendment), Special Powers Amendment, Criminal Procedure Code (Second Amendment), Ordinance on Disruption of Law and Order (Speedy Trial) Amendment, Emergency Powers Rules (Amendment), Anticorruption Commission (Amendment) and Criminal Law Amendment. Also among the ordinances issued are the Members of Parliament (Remuneration and Allowances) Amendment, Finance Ordinance, Attached Fund ( Supplementary Grant and Specification), Attached Fund (Giving Advanced Grant and Specification), Bangladesh Biman Corporation (Amendment), Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project (Land Acquisition), Public Procurement (amendment), Bar Council (Temporary rule), Prevention of Money Laundering (amendment), Voter List, Bangladesh Flag Vessels (Protection) (Amendment), President's Remuneration and Privileges (Amendment), the Pourashava (Amendment) and Bank Company (Amendment). The rest ordinances are the Chittagong City Corporation (Amendment), Dhaka City Corporation (Amendment), Khulna City Corporation (Amendment), Rajshahi City Corporation (Amendment), Sylhet City Corporation (Amendment), Barisal City Corporation (Amendment), Courts Reforms Implementation (Supplementary Rules) (Amendment), Pesticides (Amendment), Mobile Court, Income Tax (Amendment), EPZ Labour unions and Industrial Relations (Amendment), Anticorruption Commission (Second Amendment), Islamic University (Amendment), Islamic University (Amendment), Islamic University (Amendment), Artha Rin Adalat (Amendment), and National Human Rights Commission and Acid Control (Amendment).