Constitution of Bangladesh Awami League |
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THE CONSTITUTION OF THE BANGLADESH AWAMI LEAGUE
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3. The flag of the Bangladesh Awami League shall be green in color in two-thirds on the right and red in one-third on the left. The upper corner in the right side of the green portion shall be studded with four red stars, equidistant from each other. The ratio of its size -when measured in terms of green and red-shall be 5:3.
The Procedure of Formation
4. The organizational strata of the Bangladesh Awami League shall be of the categories hereinafter following, namely:
a) The Bangladesh Awami League Council;
b) The Bangladesh Awami League National Committee;
c) The Bangladesh Awami League Executive Committee:
I) President, II) Presidium, III) General Secretary, IV) Secretaries;
V) Treasurer, and VI) 26 Members;
d) The Bangladesh Awami League Advisory Council;
e) The Bangladesh Awami League Parliamentary Board;
f) The Bangladesh Awami League Parliamentary Party;
g) The District Awami Leagues, Metropolitan City Awami Leagues including Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi, Barisal and Sylhet, and Awami League Branches approved by the Bangladesh Awami League.
Membership
5. i.) With absolute faith in the aims and objectives of the Bangladesh Awami League, as laid down in section 2 of this Constitution, every citizen, aged 18 or above the age limit, male or female putting his/her signature to the given declaration in the specified form and paying the triennial subscription amounting to Tk. 5.00 (Taka Five) shall be entitled to become members of the Bangladesh Awami League; if
a) he does not appear to be involved in any activities against the independence, sovereignty, state security, territorial integrity, national solidarity as well as state ideals, violent activities and public security of Bangladesh;
b) he is not a person who has surrendered his citizenship or whose citizenship has been nullified;
c) he is not a member of any other political party;
d) he does not believe in any discriminatory practice of religion, profession, caste and colour;
e) he is not a member of any organization, acting against the policies and principles of the Bangladesh Awami League;
f) he shall be obliged to take part in minimum training course of any type, and to carry out any order directed by the Bangladesh Awami League Executive Committee; and
g) shall pay the triennial subscription on a regular basis;
ii.) There shall be two types of membership in the organization, namely: a) Primary (Temporary Membership) and b) Full Membership. The candidate seeking to obtain membership of the party shall apply to the Primary or Branch Committee and pay Tk.5.00 (Taka Five), as triennial subscription along with the application. If membership of the candidate is approved at a general meeting of the Primary or Branch Committee he shall be deemed to be a Primary Member for one year beginning from the date of approval. Following the expiry of the duration of Primary Membership, the committee concerned shall be able to make recommendations to the District Awami League Executive Committee for conferring Full Membership upon the Primary Member. The District Awami League Executive Committee shall have the right to grant Full Membership a Primary Member. If there is no complaint against the member concerned, he or she shall gain Full Membership automatically after the expiration of the period of Primary Membership. Nobody shall be able to get elected to the Executive post at any level of the organization if he is not a full member.
III.) The Duration of Membership
Membership shall be effective from the first day of Baishakh of (the first day of Bangla year) up to the last day of Chaitra of the 3rd year. After the expiry of the duration of membership, as mentioned in this sub-section, a member shall have the right to renew it by putting his signature to the specified form and paying the subscription at a fixed rate according to the section 5 (1).
The Bangladesh Awami League Council
6. The Bangladesh Awami League Council shall be formed according to the rules hereinafter following, namely:
a) The Bangladesh Awami League Council shall consist of a fixed number of councilors, elected by the District Awami Leagues and different Metropolitan City Awami Leagues at an interval of three years. The District Awami Leagues and Metropolitan City Awami Leagues of Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi, Barisal and Sylhet, within a specified period of triennial election meeting, of Bangladesh Awami League summoned in order to elect office bearers, in their own triennial council meeting, after electing their own office bearers and a specified number of members for the Bangladesh Awami League Council from their respective districts must send the list of their names along with full addresses to the office of the Bangladesh Awami League.
b) Every City Awami League and every 25 thousand people belonging to every district shall each elect a single counsilor. In case of fraction a single councilor shall be elected for peoples more than 12 thousand.
c) If any District or Metropolitan City Awami League for any reason fails to hold election within the fixed dates, fixed by the Bangladesh Awami League Executive Committee and to nominate a specified number of councilor for the Bangladesh Awami League Council and their own Executive Officers according to the Constitution of the organization and Rules thereof, the Bangladesh Awami League Executive Committee shall have the right to nominate the aforementioned specified number of councilors for the District or Metropolitan City Awami League for representing in the Bangladesh Awami League Council.
d) The Members and office bearers of the Executive committee of the Bangladesh Awami League shall, by virtue of their office, shall become the councilors of the Bangladesh Awami League.
e) After they call of triennial council, annual council or special council, a specified number of representatives of Associate Organization shall be nominated as the councilor of the Bangladesh Awami League.
f) The aforementioned elected or nominated councilor, during the first session of triennial election meeting, summoned in order to elect Executive Officers of the Bangladesh Awami League, shall co-opt one hundred Primary Members- incorporated into any branch of the Bangladesh Awami League- into the Bangladesh Awami League Council as its members.
7. The nominated councilors, as mentioned in section 6 (c), shall enjoy equal right like the elected councilors. But within the next three months after nomination, the Bangladesh Awami League shall be obliged to arrange elections of such District or Metropolitan City Awami Leagues. When such District or Metropolitan City Awami Leagues elect their own office bearers and a specified number of councilors for the Bangladesh Awami League, the elected councilors, after the approval of such District or Metropolitan City Awami Leagues by the Bangladesh Awami League, shall automatically succeed the nominated councilors. In the interim period beginning from nomination until the holding of new election, the Bangladesh Awami League Executive Committee shall have the right to order the former committees of such District and Metropolitan City Awami Leagues or the constituted ad hoc committees to continue day-to-day activities.
8. No objection claiming that the Awami League Council has been unlawfully formed by reason of faults and failures in nomination, co-option or faults the election of any Branch Awami League, can be made and any program or decision, taken by the council, shall not be deemed to be revoked, cancelled, be unlawful or unconstitutional for that reason.
9. The elected, co-opted or nominated councilors of the Bangladesh Awami League, before joining the meeting, shall each pay the triennial subscription amounting to Tk.20.00 (Taka Twenty) to the concerned authority of the Bangladesh Awami League concerned.
10. If any councilor of the Bangladesh Awami League within 4 months of his election does not pay the triennial subscription amounting to Tk.20.00 (Taka Twenty), the Bangladesh Awami League Executive Committee shall have the right to cancel his councilorship and to nominate a new person in the place. But prior to cancellation, the Bangladesh Awami League Executive Committee shall have to send a notice to that member by a registered post with an order to pay due subscription within 7 days.
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