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Provision of using intelligence to determine political identity in recruitment and promotion is being abolished
The government has decided to cancel the provision of asking for political identity through intelligence agencies in the case of job recruitment and promotion. This decision was made based on the recommendation of the Public Administration Reform Commission. Now this decision will be implemented by the Office of the Chief Advisor, the Ministry of Public Administration and the two divisions of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Provision of using intelligence to determine political identity in recruitment and promotion is being abolished
This decision was taken at a meeting held at the Office of the Chief Advisor last Monday regarding the implementation of the recommendations of the Public Administration Reform Commission. The second meeting was held that day regarding the implementation of the recommendations of the Public Administration Reform Commission. Earlier, on June 16, 18 proposals of the Public Administration Reform Commission were discussed in the first meeting. On that day, some decisions were made regarding the discussion and implementation of eight relatively easy-to-implement proposals.
In the second meeting on Monday, it was decided to implement some new recommendations along with discussing the progress of the implementation of those eight recommendations. However, the concerned ministries and divisions have expressed their opinion that some recommendations cannot be implemented soon. It has been decided to form a committee comprising secretaries of various ministries to implement some of the recommendations. After the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government in the student-public uprising, an interim government was formed on August 8 last year under the leadership of Professor Muhammad Yunus. After that, six reform commissions were formed, including the Public Administration Reform Commission, to reform various sectors of the state. Later, five more reform commissions were formed.
The commissions have submitted their reports to the government. The National Consensus Commission is discussing important recommendations of five of these commissions with political parties. These commissions are the Constitution, Judiciary, Election, Public Administration and Anti-Corruption Reform Commission.
However, the question has arisen that apart from the issues on which the National Consensus Commission reached consensus on the reform issue, the implementation of the reform recommendations on the remaining issues is slow. In the meantime, the government is deciding to implement some of the recommendations of the Public Administration Reform Commission. However, work is currently underway to implement the relatively easy-to-implement recommendations. No major decisions have been made yet on the recommendations for major changes in public administration and governance structures.
Political vetting in recruitment and promotion
For a long time, recruitment and promotion in government jobs have been vetted by police and detectives. In this process, the political identity of the candidate and promoted officer and employee himself and his relatives is sought. Through this, many candidates are not appointed due to ‘negative comments’ despite receiving job recommendations. For the same reason, many qualified officers do not get promoted. Despite strong objections to this, it has been going on for years.
