Bangladeshi President and Chief Advisor Professor Dr Iajuddin
Ahmed Tuesday formed his non-party caretaker government by
appointing 10 advisors.
The president administered oath to the advisors -- picked and
chosen from the lists of nominees submitted by major political
parties -- in a simple ceremony at Bangabhaban (President House) at
10:35 PM.
They are Justice Fazlul Huq, former Army Chief Lt. General
(rtd)Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury, former Cabinet Secretary Dr Akbar Ali
Khan, former Foreign Secretary CM Shafi Sami, ex-Inspector General
of Police Azizul Haq, ex-secretary DK Nath, Daily Independent
Editor Mahbubul Alam, Scholastica chairperson Yasmin Morshed,
Advocate Sultana Kamal and Prof. Sufia Rahman.
The swearing-in of the council of advisers, who will run
government ministries in the interim period ahead of national
elections in January 2007, put an end to a two-day vacuum in the
administration since the tenure of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party
(BNP) -led coalition government ended on Oct. 29.
President Professor Iajuddin Ahmed took oath as Chief Advisor of
the caretaker government on Oct. 29 in the last resort, as the
political parties failed to choose a consensus candidate from among
the constitutionally designated persons.
Meanwhile, the former main opposition party Awami League (AL)
imposed an three-day siege from Oct. 28 to press for appointment of
a neutral Chief Advisor of caretaker government.
During the three-day siege, 28 people were killed and several
thousands wounded in violent clashes between supporters of BNP and
AL.
At least four people were killed and 60 injured in clashes at
different places across the country on Monday night and Tuesday as
political rivalries continued in the transitional time, local news
agency UNB reported Tuesday.
(Xinhua News Agency November 1, 2006)
