Registration of political parties with the Election Commission: Though provision for registration of political parties with the Election Commission has been made under the Representation of the People (2nd Amendment) Order, 2001, registration has not been made compulsory. It is my considered opinion that for the sake of transparency and better electoral process registration of political parties with the Election Commission may be made compulsory.

Determination of cut off point for public support: The aims and objectives of our major political parties are almost identical. Thus existence of so many parties is hardly justified. It is generally believed that so many parties only contribute to creation of confusion and anomalies. It appears that political parties must obtain at least 15% of the votes polled in the national election for their survival.

Party council: To make the parties more democratic in their approach it appears that it would be good for the party to hold party council every two years. This will widen the scope of cultivating the democratic norms inside the party. Additionally, such practice will help bring some balance in the party leadership.

Restriction on the election of party chief: The existing practice of making the chief of the party a permanent position must be discontinued. It is certainly against good political culture. If election of the party chief is restricted strictly to two terms, it will create a scope for evaluating the honest and benevolent leaders in the party.

Audit of funds of the political party: Sources of party fund and its utilisation must be properly audited. At present due to lack of transparency in the utilisation of party fund the system of sale and purchase of leaders is thriving. If proper audit is started the influence of black money and muscle men of the party will definitely be reduced to a great extent.

Student and labour politics: At present mainly the non-students are dominating "Student Politics". This has tarnished the image of student community in general . The present link of non-students and political touts must be snapped to bring about a peaceful atmosphere in the universities and colleges, particularly among the student community in general. For the sake of improving the general standard of politicians in future discipline among students must return to a reasonable limit. Needless to say that we can expect better educated politicians in future if the quality of students improve. The society may tolerate the political thugs and mastans for some time but not forever. The position of our trade union activities is awful. Labour indiscipline may cause serious hindrance to our effort for economic development. Even harsh measures should be considered to bring discipline in trade union activities.

Code of conduct for politicians: At present we see some politicians change their party loyalty too easily and too often. Their motive is only to grab power by any means. People's welfare or public interest do not appeal to them at all. Thus it has become necessary to fix some code of conduct for the politicians.

Restriction on formation of government: During the last twelve years we see that government is formed with parties winning less than 37% of cast votes. This may be regarded as a weakness in our government. In such situations the parties forming the government hesitate to take decisions for the greater interest of the country. We feel that the parties forming government should win not only the majority of the seats in the parliament they must also obtain at least 51% of the votes cast. This will help the party to see the problems of the country in the broader perspective.

Tenure of government: Five-year term of the government appear to be too long a period. Though it will be more expensive for the national exchequer it is worth considering reducing the term to four years. Such system is working well in US and France.

National Advisory Council: It may be a good idea to set up a non-party advisory council to work in the cabinet as we see in UK (House of Lords).

Extension of tenure of Non-party Caretaker Government: For cleaning up the anomalies and to hold free and fair election the period of 90 days is not enough. It is the general thinking of the common people that the tenure of the non-party Caretaker Government may be extended up to one year.

Revamping of Election Commission: The present saga of CEC and other election commissioners are not a pleasant one. EC should be thoroughly re-organised. Preparation of an accurate voter list is very much necessary for the election and democracy. Electronic voting system may be introduced.

People of Bangladesh fought for independence and sacrificed a lot. It was their general expectation that they would be able to lead a better political and economic life in an independent country. Due to crises in the initial years of independence, a long period of dictatorial regimes for more that two decades and subsequent political restlessness, it has become necessary for all the conscious citizens of the country to find some solution to stabilise democracy in the country as early as possible.