[Marxistindia] Rescind these Ordinances

[news from the cpi(m)]

15 November 2021
 
Press Statement
 
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:
 
Rescind These Ordinances
 
The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) denounces the promulgation of two ordinances
allowing the central government to extend the tenures of the directors of
CBI and ED from two to five years. 
 
Both the CBI and ED have been functioning as the political arm of the ruling
party to advance its agenda. Leaders of opposition parties are regularly
targeted. This step is meant to further subvert the autonomy of these
agencies and to make the key officers more pliable.  
 
It is reprehensible that these ordinances have been promulgated on the eve
of the winter session of parliament that is to commence from November 29.
The BJP's regular resort to the route of "ordinance raj" is anti-democratic.
 
These ordinances also aim to bypass the Supreme Court direction which had
laid down that any extension of tenure has to be for a short period and
"only in rare and exceptional circumstances" to facilitate an ongoing
investigation. With these ordinances the central government can now give
three one-year extensions.
 
The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) demands that these ordinances be rescinded.
CPI(M) MPs will oppose the move to convert these ordinances into law in
parliament.
 
 
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