Cabinet for quick revival of defunct ordinances

The cabinet has asked the concerned ministries to expedite the process of restoration of the necessary laws promulgated by the military regimes but later declared null and void by the Supreme Court (SC), report agencies.
The directive was given in the regular meeting of the cabinet Monday at Bangladesh Secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.
Briefing reporters after the meeting, Cabinet Secretary M Muhsarraf Hossain Bhuiyan said the Supreme Court in 2010 declared null and void about 550 ordinances, which were promulgated by the militarily regimes of Zia and Ershad.
In light of the SC order, he said the cabinet later decided to continue the actions taken under the ordinances and review the necessary laws and make those in Bangla through amendment, modification and updating.
The cabinet secretary said a total of 257 ordinances would need to be made new laws. But, so far 11 ministries submitted drafts on 16 laws based on those ordinances to the cabinet.
"Huge task of review, amendment and modification of 241 more laws remained pending," he said, adding other ordinances became redundant with the passage of time.
The cabinet also directed the authorities concerned to constitute a committee headed by the cabinet secretary to develop a mechanism to expedite the process of recruitment to government organisations and create new posts for infusing dynamism into the public administration.
Cabinet secretary said the cabinet had asked the authorities concerned to expedite its January 20 directive to prepare ministry-wise time-bound action plans in line with its election manifesto as well as previous experiences of the government.