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Call to set roadmap for CHT accord’s implementation

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Wed Dec 2, 2015 05:41 PM Last update on: Wed Dec 2, 2015 08:27 PM
Government must set definite road map for effective implementation of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord and eliminate frustrations of the region’s people, speakers at a discussion said today. In this photo, an aerial view of Nilgiri in Bandarban in the Chittagong Hill Tracts can be seen. Photo taken from Wikipedia.

The government must set a definite road map for effective implementation of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord and eliminate frustrations of the region’s people, speakers at a discussion said today.

If the government fails to achieve trust of the CHT people soon, there might rise suspicion and a feeling of deception among them, they told the discussion on “Implementation of CHT Accord: A National Pledge”.

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The discussion was organised by Jatiya Nagorik Udyog in the city’s Institution of Engineers’ seminar auditorium marking the 18th anniversary of the accord.

Ushaton Talukder, lawmaker of Rangamati, alleged that the government is not taking the issue seriously.

“Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) has already declared a non-cooperation movement as the government has not implemented the agreement in the last 18 years,” he said, adding that the government must realise that it is important for the national interest.

He also urged politicians and civil society members to stand united for the implementation of the accord signed between PCJSS, an organisation of indigenous communities of the CHT, and the then Awami League-led government on December 2, 1997.

Sanjib Drong, general secretary of Bangladesh Adivasi Forum, placed a four-point demand including announcing an immediate roadmap for the implementation of the accord and taking legal and administrative measures.

Observing the agreement as an incomplete part of the Liberation War for national unity, Mujahidul Islam Selim, president of Communist Party of Bangladesh, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has failed to fulfil her commitment as the Peace Accord is not implemented yet.

Meanwhile, Oikya Nap President Pankaj Bhattacharya alleged that the state is treating the CHT as its “colony” and it is a threat to the country’s unity.

Senior journalist Mozammel Hossain Manju said the government cannot delay the implementation of the agreement on the ground of security because the CHT people, not the law enforcers, can protect the region.

Chaired by eminent columnist Syed Abul Moksud, Dhaka University teacher Prof Mejbah Kamal, among others, addressed the programme.

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