Advisers to begin dialogue with political parties Saturday

"This is an ongoing process," Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam told reporters at the Foreign Service Academy on Wednesday.

Deputy Press Secretaries Apurba Jahangir and Abul Kalam Azad Majumdar were also present.

It is not decided yet how many days the dialogue with the political parties will continue.

The Press Secretary hoped that the reform six commissions will fully be formed with required members within a couple of days.

The six commissions were initially scheduled to start working from October 1.

In the previous media briefing, the Press Secretary said the Council of Advisers headed by the Chief Adviser wanted to sit with the political parties quickly before the commissions started working on the reforms.

Alam said the six commissions were scheduled to work from October 1 but a decision came for another phase of consultation with the political leaders to seek their opinions. Since there are six heads of these commissions, work has started to some extent, he added.

There were two rounds of dialogue between the political parties and the Council of Advisers led by Prof Muhammad Yunus, reports UNB.

The reform commissions are the Electoral System Reform Commission headed by Dr Badiul Alam Majumdar, the Police Administration Reform Commission headed by Sarfaraz Hossain, the Judiciary Reform Commission headed by Justice Shah Abu Naeem Mominur Rahman, Anti-Corruption Reform Commission headed by TIB’s Dr Iftekharuzzaman, Public Administration Reform Commission headed by Abdul Mueed Chowdhury and Constitution Reform Commission headed by Distinguished Prof at Illinois State University Dr Ali Riaz.