The System of Mushawarat in Jama'at-e-Ahmadiyya — Page 343
T he S ystem of M ushawarat in J ama ‘ at - e -A hmadiyya far failed to benefit from this process. The delegates are offering very healthy criticism, but the question is, how best can we m ate use o f it. I w ill take up this question this year and w ill tell you how these discussions can prove useful. The Private Secretary appoints certain people to record the proceedings o f Majlis-e-Mushawarat. In view o f the arrangements that have been made in this regard, it is the duty o f the Private Secretary to produce a clear text o f the debate upon the budget as soon as possible. Since this part o f the proceedings is not very lengthy, it should be completed within two to three weeks. It is the Private Secretary’s duty to send a copy o f this part o f the pro ceedings to the Investigative Committee, which shall be bound to deliberate upon it and send it to Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya within three months, with recommendations as to which o f the points are acceptable and need atten tion, and which are not acceptable. Sadr Anjuman Ahmadiyya should then deliberate upon this report dur ing the next three months and issue instructions to the relevant Departments regarding the suggestions which it considers to be workable. A report should then be sub mitted at the next Shura outlining the proposals that were recommended by the Investigative Committee and those which were adopted by the Anjuman, and the form in which they were adopted. The report should also specify which proposals were rejected and the reasons thereof. This report must be submitted in every next Shura. In this way the debate and criticism on the budget w ill not be in vain, and our arguments w ill be translated into practice and the procedure w ill pass through a defined course. The resolution w ill first be presented in the Shura, then it 343