By NNN-PTI,
Dhaka : The government has initiated a process to ease some emergency rule provisions by constituting an expert committee to review in particular the law dealing with graft-related charges.
The caretaker administration, installed with the crucial military support in January 12 last year, launched the move to relax some provisions of the emergency power rules (EPR) by overnight constituting the expert committee, officials and media reports said today.
They said the amended emergency rules were expected to give some relief to many of 150 high-profile corruption suspects who were detained under a massive anti-graft crackdown.
“The government is trying to consolidate an appropriate atmosphere for the elections (planned for December, 2008) and win people’s confidence,” education adviser of the interim cabinet Hossain Zillur Rahman told reporters after four senior advisers held a close-door meeting with powerful Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
“Indoor politics has already been allowed. The government is now considering what more can be done and a committee headed by the law adviser has been formed in this regard.”
The mass circulated ‘Prothom Alo’ and several other newspapers reported that the committee was expected to suggest amendments to some tough provisions, including those on the restriction on bail, attachment of property of corruption suspects and punishment for submitting false wealth statement.