Sarjis Alam, one of the coordinators of the anti-discrimination student movement, has stepped down from the July Shaheed Smriti Foundation.
He gave this information in a post on his Facebook profile on Wednesday (January 22) morning.
In the Facebook post, he wrote, I am no longer the general secretary of the July Shaheed Smriti Foundation. Changes have been made to the constitution, structure and working process of the foundation to accelerate the pace of this foundation.
From now on, the 'Executive Committee' will be responsible for managing the overall affairs of the entire office. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) will serve as the head of the office there. Mir Mahbubur Rahman Snigdh is currently serving as the CEO. The 'Governing Body' will work on the policy making of the foundation. Where there are four advisors (Health, Social Welfare, Local Government, ICT) including the Honorable Chief Adviser.
There is no post called 'General Secretary' now.
The foundation first started providing financial assistance on October 1, and the office opened on October 15. I took charge as the general secretary on October 21. I served for about 2 months and 10 days until December 31. Then I stepped down from my duties. Finally, my signing authority was transferred on January 7 and I officially ended my duties.
Till December 31, out of the 826 verified martyr families, 628 were provided with financial assistance. In addition, out of the nearly 11,000 verified injured, about 2,000 were provided with financial assistance.
I served my duties as long as I could devote my maximum time to the foundation. When I felt that it would not be possible for me to devote the required time to the foundation from now on, I stepped down from my duties. For me, addressing my limitations and accepting or resigning responsibilities accordingly is not a weakness, but rather it takes honest courage. I tried to be honest with the responsibilities of my chair.