Retain 30 percent freedom fighter quota
Muktijoddha Sangsad Santan Command, an organisation of the children of freedom fighters, yesterday demanded keeping of 30 percent quota privileges for freedom fighters in government job recruitment system.
They came up with the demand at a press conference held at the Dhaka University Journalists' Association (Duja) office.
They alleged that recommendation of scrapping all quotas, including the freedom fighter quota, in civil service is contrary to the spirit of Liberation War.
“The review committee made the recommendations without even talking to the people who are beneficiaries of the quota privileges and it contradicts our constitution and the spirit of Liberation War,” said Al Mamun, general secretary of the organisation, while reading out a statement.
They demanded Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's intervention to keep 30 percent quota privileges for the wards of freedom fighters.
The organisation also placed their six-point demand at the programme including removal of the family members of Jamaat-Shibir men and war criminals from public offices and taking actions against those making derogatory remarks about Liberation War, freedom fighters and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on social platforms.
In the face of nationwide demonstrations staged by students, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on April 11 decided to scrap the quota system in government job recruitment.
The PM, however, cited a High Court order on July 12, saying it was not possible to reform the freedom fighters' quota.
On September 17, a seven-member government committee, led by Cabinet Secretary M Shafiul Alam, recommended abolishing the quota system for class-I and class-II jobs in civil service.
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