The Council Meeting of Bangladesh Awami League

11. With the order or approval of the President, the General Secretary, at any time, shall be able to summon the meeting of the Bangladesh Awami League Council. A Special council meeting of the Bangladesh Awami League, beside the triennial election convention, shall have to be held at least once a year. Moreover, the General Secretary himself or on the orders of the President, shall be obliged to hold a meeting of council within 30 days of the submission of a requisition letter, containing the signatures of minimum 20% or one-fifth of councilors and the issues to be discussed, to the General Secretary or the President. One-third of members present in the council meeting shall form a quorum. But there shall be no necessity of any quorum for the adjourned meeting.

12. a) In the aforementioned council meeting, the President or in his absence, a Presidium Member or in their absence, any of the members after being elected shall act as the chairperson.

b) If the President or General Secretary does not summon the meeting. within 15 days upon receipt of the requisition letter, after 30 days the requisitionists shall have the right to summon the meeting by giving 21 days’ notice.

13. Special or annual or triennial election session of the Bangladesh Awami League Council shall be held at a venue, date and time fixed by the Executive Committee.

14. In special or annual or triennial council session, all District and Metropolitan City Awami Leagues, at the invitation of the Bangladesh Awami League, shall be entitled to send a number of delegates equal to that of councilors elected from their respective districts and metropolitan cities.

15. Fifteen days’ notice will be required for the triennial election meeting, annual meeting or special meeting and seven days’ notice for an emergency meeting. The issues to be discussed shall be mentioned in the notice. The notice of the session has to be published in newspaper also.

Functions & Powers of the Bangladesh Awami League Council

16. The Bangladesh Awami League Council shall perform functions and exercise powers hereinafter following, namely:

a) The adoption of proposals to enact, change, improve or amend the constitution, Manifesto of the Bangladesh Awami League;

b) The adoption of any policy or strategy and motion to achieve the objectives of the Bangladesh Awami League;

c) The election of executives, as mentioned in section 20 of the constitution;

d) The formation of a parliamentary board of the Bangladesh Awami League;

e) The Bangladesh Awami League Council shall have power to confer any power, in consistent with the Constitution and Declaration, upon the Bangladesh Awami League Executive Committee, conditionally or unconditionally.

The National Committee of Bangladesh Awami League

17. a) There shall be a National Committee of the Bangladesh Awami League. One member from each organizational district of the Bangladesh Awami League, shall be elected by the respective Triennial District Councils, in the National Committee. The Bangladesh Awami League National Committee shall comprise of Office bearers of the Bangladesh Awami League, members of the Executive Committee and 21 members nominated by the President of the Bangladesh Awami League and members elected and nominated in the aforesaid manner. The total number of members of the National Committee shall be 73+ 66+6+21=166. The National Committee shall perform the following functions :

b) The National Committee shall maintain co-ordination between the Bangladesh Awami League Executive Committee and the Council;

c) The National Committee shall help the Bangladesh Awami League Council to take decisions on urgent and important national and international issues;

d) The National Committee shall have the right to review the decisions and functions of the Bangladesh Awami League Executive Committee. Bangladesh Awami League shall implement the proposals adopted at the triennial election or special session of the Bangladesh Awami League;

e) The National Committee shall receive and approve accounts of the Bangladesh Awami League;

f) The National Committee shall consider an appeal against punitive measures against any member taken by the Bangladesh Awami League Executive Committee and take the final decision;

g) Shall frame rules to conduct the Parliamentary party;

h) The President of the Bangladesh Awami League and other Office bearers, ex-officio, shall conduct programs as the Executive Officers of the National Committee;

i) The National Committee must hold it's meeting in every six months.

The Bangladesh Awami League Executive Committee

18. The Bangladesh Awami League Executive Committee shall comprise a total of 73 members including the President, Presidium Members, General Secretaries, Secretions of the Executive Committee and Treasurer of the Bangladesh Awami League, and 26 members, nominated by the President in consultation with the Presidium Members.

19. The President of the Bangladesh Awami League shall nominate 26 members, as mentioned in section 18 of the Constitution, in consultation with the Presidium Members and such nomination shall be declared within 21 days of the conclusion the council session.

The Office Bearers of the Bangladesh Awami League

20. I) The Members of the Bangladesh Awami League Executive Committee shall be called office bearers of the Bangladesh Awami League.

II) The Bangladesh Awami League shall have the following office bearers:

The Presidium shall comprise of a total 15 members including the President, the General Secretary and 13 Presidium Members.

* Secretaries:

a) General Secretary
b) 3 Joint-General Secretaries
c) 7 Divisional Organizing Secretaries, (Organizing Secretary)
(According to alphabetical order of the names of the post in Bengali)
d) Secretary, Department of Finance & Planning (Planning Secretary)
e) Secretary, Department of International Affairs (Secretary of International Affairs)
f) Secretary, Department of legal affairs (Law affairs Secretary)
g) Secretary, Department of Agriculture & Co-Operative (Agriculture Secretary)
h) Secretary, Department of Information & Research (Secretary of Information &Research)
i) Secretary, Department of Relief & Social-Welfare (Secretary of Relief & Social-Welfare)
j) Secretary, Department of Official Works (Office Secretary)
k) Secretary, Department of Religious Affairs (Secretary of Religious Affairs)
l) Secretary, Department of Publicity & Publication (Publicity Secretary)
m) Secretary, Department of Forestry & Environment (Secretary of Forestry & Environment)
n) Secretary, Department of Science & Technology (Secretary of Science & Technology)
o) Secretary, Department of Women Affairs (Secretary of Women Affairs)
p) Secretary, Liberation War Affairs (Secretary of Liberation war Affairs)
q) Secretary, Department of Youth & Sports (Secretary of Youth & Sports)
r) Secretary, Department of Education & Human Resources (Education Secretary)
s) Secretary, Department of Industry & Commerce (Secretary of Industry & Commerce)
t) Secretary, Department of Labor & Manpower (Labor Secretary)
u) Secretary, Department of Cultural Affairs (Cultural Secretary)
v) Secretary, Department of Health & Population (Secretary of Health and Population)
w) Deputy Secretary, Department of Official Works (Deputy Office Secretary)
x) Deputy Secretary, Department of Publicity & Publication (Deputy Publicity Secretary)

(Total number of Secretaries-32)
*Treasurer-1 *Member-26

21. The President, Presidium Members, General Secretary, Departmental Secretaries and Treasurer shall be elected in their respective posts by the triennial council from among the councilors. Their tenure of office shall be three years. They will, however, continue to hold office until the next election is held.

Meeting of the Bangladesh Awami League Executive Committee

22. The General Secretary, in consultation with the President, shall summon the meeting of the Executive Committee or of Presidium Members belonging to the Bangladesh Awami League. At the order of President, the General Secretary shall be obliged to call the meeting of that Committee. If the General Secretary does not call the meeting at the order of President, the President himself shall have the right to call the meeting. One-third members present in the meeting of the Executive Committee shall form the quorum.

22. a) Generally the General Secretary, in consultation with the President, shall call a meeting of the presidium by serving three days’ notice. He shall be able to call an emergency meeting at any time. The meeting of Presidium Members shall have a quorum if eight members are present therein.

23. Seven days’ notice shall be generally given for the meeting of the Executive Committee but there shall be no necessity for a notice time for an emergency meeting. If necessary, an emergency meeting can be called by publishing a notice in the newspapers.
Functions & Powers of the Bangladesh Awami League Executive Committee

24. Bangladesh Awami League Executive committee shall perform the following functions and exercise the following powers :

a) To approve, cancel, make arrangements for re-election or if necessary, form an ad hoc committee in the place of any Branch Awami League by nullifying it and make arrangements for election of that branch within 6 months of formation of the ad hoc committee. Otherwise the ad hoc committee shall be deemed cancelled after 6 months.

b) If any post of Bangladesh Awami League Council, National Committee, Executive Committee or any other Committee or Parliamentary Board or any post of Awami League Executives, becomes vacant, the central Executive Committee must fill up the post by co-option or nomination within 60 days of the vacancy.

c) The President, in consultation with the Presidium Members, shall have the power to give direction, advice and controlling order to the Bangladesh Awami League Parliamentary Party or its members, and if any of those members refuses to comply with it, or if he acts against the Constitution, Declaration and decision, or in other words, against the principles and policies of the Bangladesh Awami League, the President, in consultation with the Presidium Members, shall submit the matter to the Bangladesh Awami League Executive Committee to take action.

d) To prepare of accounts of income and expenditure in order to lay it before the Bangladesh Awami League National Committee.

e) To approve of any expenditure amounting to less than Tk.10,000.00(Taka Ten Thousand).

f) To approve of the appointment or dismissal of staff of by the General Secretary of the Bangladesh Awami League.

g) If any member of the Bangladesh Awami League Executive Committee is absent in three consecutive meetings without any reason or without any satisfactory reason his name will be excluded from the list of the Bangladesh Awami League Executive Committee and the vacant post will be filled in according to rules. But prior to dismissal of any member, the Executive Committee shall send a notice to him by registered post to show satisfactory cause for his absence within 15 days of receipt of the notice.

h) To summon as per section 13 the election meeting of the Awami League Council or annual or special meeting and fix up the venue, date and the agenda for discussion.

i) To fix up the dates for recruitment of the Primary Members and elections of various branches of the Bangladesh Awami League, and following section (b) make an estimate of how many members, from which district or metropolitan city, shall be elected for the Bangladesh Awami League Council on the basis of population according to Bangladesh populations census and to issue an appropriate notice prior to elections of the District, Municipal and Metropolitan City Awami Leagues.

j) To fix up if necessary, the functions of different Departmental Secretaries of the Bangladesh Awami League.

k) To consider an appeal against punitive measures taken against any member of the Bangladesh Awami League by any of the lower Units of the Awami League, and to take the final decision.