THE CONSTITUTION OF THE BANGLADESH AWAMI LEAGUE

Functions & Powers of the Bangladesh Awami League office Bearers

25. a) President

The President shall be the chief of the organization. He will preside over all meetings of the Bangladesh Awami League Council, the National Committee, the Executive Committee and the Presidium Members and, if necessary, shall give a ruling by explaining any section of the Constitution.

• He shall announce the nomination of members of the Executive Committee according to section 19.

• He in consultation with the Presidium Members, shall nominate members of the subject matter committee.

• The President shall give the responsibility to any Presidium Member to discharge the functions of the president during his absence.

• If the General Secretary does not summon a meeting at the advice and direction of President, the President himself, according to section 22, shall have the right to call the meeting of the central Executive Committee or of the Presidium.

• He shall nominate 21 members of the National Committee according to section 17(a).

• In the absence of President or of the member in-charge, upon the motion made by a member and supported by another any Presidium Member shall take the chair at any session or meeting.

• Secretaries of the Department shall be responsible to the President for their activities.

• The President shall nominate a 41-member Advisory Council according to section 26. He shall discuss national and international issues with the Advisory Council.

• The President shall form the departmental Sub-Committees (Secretarial Department).

• The President shall supervise and co-ordinate the functions of the Sub-Committees.

• If any member of the organization fails to discharge the responsibility, the President shall take necessary steps in the matter and mention it in the next meeting of the Executive Committee.

b) Powers of the Presidium Members

The Presidium Members, according to section 19 of the Constitution, shall tender advice to the President about nomination of the members of the Executive Committee and, if necessary, through the President shall have the right to adopt and exercise any power conferred upon them by the Executive Committee or Council. The Presidium shall be entitled to chalk out and take decision on all programs including training on ideals, principles, aims, objectives, Programme and organizational affairs of the Bangladesh Awami League. The Presidium Members, in consultation with the Secretaries, shall be entitled to take important decisions on national as well as international issues for the sake of national unity, welfare and security in case of emergency. They, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee or Council, shall also have the right to take decisions on issues of utmost urgency and importance. Each of the members shall discharge the responsibilities assigned to him. The Presidium shall distribute joint responsibilities to its members. The Presidium Members shall in consultation with each other shall arrive at a consensus on all matters involved. If members for any reason are unable to reach a consensus on any matter, the decision of the majority of members shall be deemed to be final.

c) General Secretary

The General Secretary shall be the Chief-Executive Officer of the organization. He shall have the right to give advice and order to all Departmental Secretaries to discharge their functions. He shall call a meeting of the Secretaries at least once a month and, after discussing the progress of departmental functions in that meeting, take decision but the power of the final decision shall lie with the Executive Committee. He, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee, shall have the right to increase or reduce pay, grant leave and punish the officials of the organization. He shall make arrangements so that the decisions taken by the Presidium, Executive Committee, National Committee and Bangladesh Awami League, are fully executed through various Departments. The General Secretary, at every council meeting, shall present report on the activities of the organization. Moreover, he shall also apply the powers vested in him by National Committee or Council. He shall have the right to give the responsibility to any Joint-General Secretary or Departmental Secretaries to perform any functions of the organization in addition to the functions of their respective departments and they shall be obliged to act accordingly.

From time to time, the General Secretary, in consultation with the President of the organization, shall assign Division-wise administrative functions to the Organizing Secretaries. If the General Secretary is absent for any work, his functions and responsibilities, shall be vested in the Joint-General Secretary in order of their names and, if the Joint-General Secretaries are absent, all their responsibilities be vested in the Departmental Secretaries in alphabetical order of the names of the Departments.

d) Departmental Secretaries

The Departmental Secretaries shall perform the functions of their respective department. They shall execute the decisions, directions and advice of the President, General Secretary, National Committee, Executive Committee and Bangladesh Awami League Council. If the departmental Secretaries feel it necessary to summon a meeting of the Executive Committee on any significant matter in their respective Departments, they shall apprise the General Secretary of the problems and request him to call a meeting. At every council meeting of the Bangladesh Awami League, the Departmental Secretaries, through reports of the General Secretary, shall make the councilors aware of the progress of activities of their respective Departments. The Executive Committee, if necessary, shall assign the duties to different Departments by making rules.

e) Treasurer

The total fund of the organization shall be entrusted with the treasurer. He shall operate the accounts of the party under joint signature with the President. Upon receipt of a written receipt from the General Secretary, he shall give the money.

f) Formation of Divisional Sub-Committees

The Bangladesh Awami league shall form a sub-committee in each Secretarial Department in order to make its work more expeditious and co-ordinate its programs. The aforesaid sub- committee shall comprise of 1 Chairman, 1 Secretary, not more than 5 Assistant Secretaries, required number of expert members, the President and General Secretary of the concerned Associate Organizations and a specified number of members. Members of the Bangladesh Awami League Parliamentary Party, who are members of different Standings Committees in Parliament shall ex-office, become the members of the Sub-committees related with the matters. The number of members of the sub-committee shall be fixed by the President of the Organization who shall constitute the sub-committees. The President shall nominate the Chairman of the sub-committee from among the members of the Presidium, Advisory Council and members of the Executive Committee of the members of the organization. The concerned Departmental Secretary shall be the Secretary of the sub-committee concerned.

The sub-committees shall help the department concerned to strengthen its activities. Each department shall collect, provide and conserve varieties of information, data, and statistics related to its activities and from time to time, prepare reports on the related issues. The meeting of the sub-committee shall be held at least once three months. The respective sub-committees shall evaluate their activities in the meeting and decide their tasks to be performed.

25. (1) Associate Organization

a) The Bangladesh Awami League Executive Committee shall decide the policies of Associate Organization of the Bangladesh Awami League. The concerned departmental Secretary of the Bangladesh Awami League shall supervise and co-ordinate the activities of Associate Organization. The Associate Organization, through the medium of the concerned secretary of the Bangladesh Awami League, shall be liable to the Bangladesh Awami League Executive Committee for its activities.

b) The Bangladesh Mahila Awami League, Bangladesh Krishok League, Jatiyo Sramik League, Bangladesh Awami Jubo League, Awami Swechhashebok League, Bangladesh Chhatra League, Awami Ainjibee Parishad, Bangladesh Tanti League and Swadhinata Chikitshak Parishad shall be regarded as the Associate Organizations of the Bangladesh Awami League.

c) The President and General Secretary of Associate Organization including specified number of members shall be deemed to be the delegates at the concerned strata of the Bangladesh Awami League.

d) The President/General Secretary of Associate Organization or any representative thereof, if invited, shall have the right to join at the meeting of the concerned strata of the Bangladesh Awami League.

Advisory Council

26. a) There shall be Central Advisory Council of the Bangladesh Awami League. The number of members of the Central Advisory Council shall be 41. The President shall have the right to increase the number of members, if necessary. The President shall nominate members of the Advisory Council. The Advisory Council shall have three cells. These cells shall primarily work in the following areas:

I) Political II) Economic and III) Social

b) The Advisory Council shall work as the think-tank of the party. Taking the national and international issues into consideration, the Advisory Council shall give the party advice and directions on various issues. It shall conduct research, evaluation and observational works on the political, economic or social issues and, from time to time, provide information, data and statistics to help issuing of party speech, statements, comments and publications.

c) Similar Advisory Council shall be formed at the District, Metropolitan City, Upazilla /Thana and Union level. The Advisory Council shall comprise of 21 members in metropolitan city, 21 in district, 15 in upazilla /thana and 11 in union. The District, Metropolitan City, Upazilla /Thana and Union Advisory Council shall be declared in the respective triennial meetings.

d) At the suggestion of the President, any member of the Advisory Council shall summon its meeting. The President of the organization shall preside over the meeting of Advisory council at all organizational levels. But if he is absent, any of the members present, upon the motion being made by a member and supported by another, shall preside at the meeting of the Advisory Council.

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