Election 2008

ACC will be strengthened if elected, says Hasina

Promises industrial park in Pabna while speaking at video conference

26 December 2008, 18:00 PM

Our Correspondent, Pabna

Awami League (AL) chief Sheikh Hasina has said if voted to power she will strengthen the Anti Corruption Commission and take steps to ensure accountability at all levels to reduce corruption. “If AL goes to the power, we will strengthen anti-corruption movement and allow the Anti Corruption Commission to work independently and impartially”, she said while speaking at a video conference held at Pabna Town Hall Thursday night. She also replied to questions. Terming unemployment problem is the root of all evils, Hasina said her government will try to ensure work for at least one person in a family by setting up industries and reopening the closed ones during the last seven years. The AL chief also promised to create an industrial park in Pabna and revitalise all export processing zones in the country to create employment opportunities. Loans will be made easier for all, the youths in particular so that they can take to income and employment generating activities. “In the party poll manifesto we have chalked out the plan for removing unemployment problem She said all leaders of her party will have to submit wealth statement to ensure accountability at all levels. She criticised the four-party alliance government for closing so many mills and factories including the Adamjee Jute Mill and several jute mills in Khulna-Jessore region. All these will be reopened, she added. “We don't believe that the head should be chopped to remove headache. Appropriate medicine should be given for that”. “We will dredge the major rivers of the district to make them navigable. At the conference, the AL chief introduced AL nominee in Pabna-5 constituency Md. Golam Faruk Prince to people and urged them to vote for 'boat' symbol to build a prosperous Bangladesh with the spirit of the Liberation War. “December is the month of victory. So, in this month, cast your vote for 'boat' and ensure another victory by conquering hunger and poverty through building a technology based digital Bangladesh”. Senior vice president of Pabna district AL Md. Saidul Haque Chunnu chaired the video conference.