If a specific individual or institution files a complaint with the ACC, a legal provision should be enacted to ensure that the ACC promptly informs the complainant in writing about the actions taken on the complaint (inquiry/investigation/settlement) along with the reasons. View Details
To avoid delays and to streamline complaint management, the following measures must be implemented: * The recommendations of the Complaint Scrutiny and Selection Committee (JABAC) at the district or divisional ACC offices should not be subjected to further scrutiny by the central JABAC at ACC headquarters. * For complaints related to offences below a certain level of severity (as determined by ACC guidelines), the district or divisional ACC offices should be authorised to independently take necessary actions on complaints. View Details
All laws related to criminal defamation, such as Sections 499, 500, 501, and 502 of the Bangladesh Penal Code of 1860, and Section 29 of the Cyber Security Act of 2023, should be repealed. Along with that, a system can be introduced to entrust the regulatory body, the proposed Media Commission, with offenses related to defamation involving journalists. The power given to the government to forfeit newspapers under Sections 99A and 99B of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, is contrary to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). Therefore, it should be repealed. View Details
The advance tax levied on the honorariums of media columnists, contributors, artists, and guest presenters/discussants is equivalent to taxing creativity. This advance tax should be abolished. View Details
The Commission to organise ‘candidate forums’ involving voter-candidate face-to-face events in each constituency to foster engagement between voters and candidates. View Details
If a contesting political party is aggrieved by the Commission’s certification of an election to be free, fair and credible, it will have 48 hours to lodge a complaint with the National Constitutional Council (NCC) or the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court. The Council or the Court to settle the complaint within 7 working days. View Details
Within 48 hours of the national election, and before publishing the results in the national Gazette, the Commission is to issue a public declaration certifying the integrity, credibility and acceptability of the said election. View Details
A legal requirement to be put in place such that, during election period, any decision undertaken by any part of the executive branch of the government that could affect election will have to be explicitly vetted by the Election Commission. View Details
Media organisations must make their financial accounts public every year to ensure the transparency of their income. View Details
Promote the right of workers and their families to a decent living wage, national minimum wage determination criteria will be set and a national minimum wage will be announced. View Details
