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Download PDF The advisory committee on the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord is going to hold its first meeting on Thursday to review the implementation process of the peace accord.
The meeting will be held at the CHT affairs ministry with its adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury in chair, seven years after the committee was formed.
The committee will also discuss other issues related to the peace accord signed in 1997 and bringing changes in local authorities, sources said.
The caretaker government (CG) took the initiative to hold the first meeting of the committee, which was formed during the Awami League (AL) rule, but never got the chance to have a formal meeting.
The meeting will discuss bringing dynamism in different development projects undertaken by the government in CHT, future working plans of the advisory committee and others related issues.
Some important decisions including handing over of the charges of the present chairmen and members of three district councils to the new interim committee are likely to be taken at the meeting. Current chairmen might also be removed.
The members of the advisory committee include CHT Regional Council Chairman Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma, widely known as Santu Larma, Chakma Circle Chief Barrister Debashish Roy, Bomang Circle Chief Aunsuipru Chowdhury and Mong Circle Chief Pailahpru Chowdhury and chairmen of three hill district councils Dr Manik Lal Dewan in Rangamati, Mayma Ching in Bandarban, Monindra Lal Tripura in Khagrachhari and three Bangalee members Maulana Mohammed Shahjahan from Rangamati, Nurunnabi Chowdhury from Bandarban and Azizur Rahman from Khagrachhari.
The sitting chairmen of the three hill districts were appointed by the past four-party alliance government mainly on political consideration. While many politically appointed people at different government departments have been removed after the present CG took over, these chairmen and members of the hill districts councils are still in office.
The CHT Development Board chairman is also likely to be replaced, sources said adding that many civil society leaders and retired army officials are lobbying for those lucrative posts.
Contacted, member of the advisory committee Maulana Mohammed Shahjahan welcomed the steps taken by the present caretaker government. “I hope decisions will be taken at the meeting considering the interests of the CHT people,” he added.
Meanwhile, Santu Larma, also the President of Parbattya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS), declined to make any comments in this regard.
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