Rafiqul Islam Azad
Members of the Review Committee on legal aspects of the ordinances promulgated by the Caretaker Government have viewed that the ordinances may be ratified in the new Parliament for the time being.
Barrister Rafiq-Ul-Haq, a member of the committee, yesterday told reporters that the committee had reviewed all the 120 ordinances.
“I shall submit the recommendations of the review committee on the ordinances on Monday to the Ministry of Law and Parliamentary Affairs during a meeting with the Minister concerned,” he said. He, however, did not disclose the contents of the recommendation report.
The government earlier formed a five-member expert committee to examine the legal aspects of the ordinances that need to be ratified in the first session of the Ninth Parliament that begins on January 25.
During the two and a quarter years’ tenure of the Caretaker Government, the President had promulgated a total of 120 ordinances.
Of these, three ordinances were promulgated in 2006 while seven in 2007 and the rest 75 in 2008.
Out of the total 120 ordinances, four were in respect of Emergency Power Rules (EPR), seven on criminal offences, 15 on local government, including provisions of upazila elections, seven on higher education at the university level, five on electoral rules, three on salary and emoluments of the President and eight on financial matters.
Courtesy: nation.ittefaq.com
