CHT situation spinning out of control: Santu

The chairman of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Regional Council and president of the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti (PCJSS), Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma alias Santu Larma, yesterday (Saturday) warned that the CHT situation was spinning out of control. He said the government would have to take the blame since it has not implemented the peace accord.
“Two-thirds of the accord is yet to be executed. Of the 72 clauses in the accord, only 25 were implemented during the last 18 years,” he said. He was addressing a press briefing marking the 18th anniversary of the signing of the accord at a city hotel.
Among others, senior politician Pankaj Battacherya, noted columnist Syed Abul Moksud, professor of Dhaka University Mejbah Kamal, general secretary of the Bangladesh Adivasi Forum, Sanjeeb Drong, and Press and Publicity secretary, Mangal Kumar Chakma, spoke on the occasion.
Santu Larma signed the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord in 1997 with the Awami League-led government, bringing an end to two decades of bloodshed in the hilly region. He once again demanded a deadline for the accord’s implementation.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s first government in 1997 brought an end to the bloody conflict in the turbulent hilly region by signing a peace accord with Larma’s Shanti Bahini, an armed group seeking autonomy for the region. He said the government was yet to execute most important clauses of the accord.
The PCJSS has been alleging that as per the agreement, army camps have not been removed from the region, the district and regional councils remain at loggerheads, local administrations are not friendly and the land commission is not effective.
Larma alleged that there is no democracy in the country and that a single person was controlling all affairs.
The overall condition of the CHT people is vulnerable at this moment due to non-implementation of the accord.
He said the government is not interested in implementing the accord, rather it has postponed the process of execution.
About the non-cooperation movement, he said it is going on and will continue till their demand is fulfilled.
He urged the government to announce a deadline for execution of the CHT accord, keeping in mind that it is a national problem and very much a political one.

CHT situation spinning out of control: Santu

The chairman of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Regional Council and president of the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti (PCJSS), Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma alias Santu Larma, yesterday (Saturday) warned that the CHT situation was spinning out of control. He said the government would have to take the blame since it has not implemented the peace accord. Two-thirds of the accord is yet to be executed. Of the 72 clauses in the accord, only 25 were implemented during the last 18 years, he said. He was addressing a press briefing marking the 18th anniversary of the signing of the accord at a city hotel. Among others, senior politician Pankaj Battacherya, noted columnist Syed Abul Moksud, professor of Dhaka University Mejbah Kamal, general secretary of the Bangladesh Adivasi Forum, Sanjeeb Drong, and Press and Publicity secretary, Mangal Kumar Chakma, spoke on the occasion. Santu Larma signed the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord in 1997 with the Awami League-led government, bringing an end to two decades of bloodshed in the hilly region. He once again demanded a deadline for the accords implementation. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasinas first government in 1997 brought an end to the bloody conflict in the turbulent hilly region by signing a peace accord with Larmas Shanti Bahini, an armed group seeking autonomy for the region. He said the government was yet to execute most important clauses of the accord. The PCJSS has been alleging that as per the agreement, army camps have not been removed from the region, the district and regional councils remain at loggerheads, local administrations are not friendly and the land commission is not effective. Larma alleged that there is no democracy in the country and that a single person was controlling all affairs. The overall condition of the CHT people is vulnerable at this moment due to non-implementation of the accord. He said the government is not interested in implementing the accord, rather it has postponed the process of execution. About the non-cooperation movement, he said it is going on and will continue till their demand is fulfilled. He urged the government to announce a deadline for execution of the CHT accord, keeping in mind that it is a national problem and very much a political one.