RANGAMATI, Bangladesh, May 26 (AFP) - Former Bangladesh guerrilla leader Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma joins the establishment Thursday with regrets at the slow pace of implementing a landmark peace accord, and doubts over the government's sincerity. Larma, a tribal leader during the 24-year insurgency in the southeastern hills region bordering India and Burma, claimed a section of the government opposed to the 1997 peace pact was backing an anti-peace tribal group. "The government has to be sincere and I am very anxious about the proper implementation of the peace treaty," Larma told AFP at his new official residence as he prepared to take charge of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Regional Councili. He said he accepted that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed was committed to properly implementing the accord, but the process was slow. "Unless the pact is fully and properly implemented it is not possible to solve the problem of the Chittagong Hill Tracts," he said. Larma took charge of an interim 22-member Chittagong Hill Tracts Regional Council earlier this month ending an eight-month impasse. He is to be officially installed into office on Thursday. The Rangamati administrative chief Shah Alam said 2,000 guests, including government leaders and diplomats, would witness the ceremony. But Larma has accused the government of using the occasion as a propaganda exercise, and complained that a judge was not administering an oath of office as required. "This is a complete violation of the accord," he said. Larma, whose convoy was attacked while travelling to Rangamati on Monday, admitted there was a small group who still opposed the peace pact but dismissed their demand for full autonomy. "I find no logic to their demand and there is no full autonomy anywhere. As well as I fail to find a defination to what they mean by that," he said. Although the pact has been widely acclaimed and won for Sheikh Hasina the UNESCO Peace Prize, the rebellious faction of the Pahari Chatra Parishad of tribal students say they feel betrayed by Larma as the agreement did not win autonomy for the hill districts of Rangamati, Khagrachari and Bandarban. Larma alleged that a section within the government opposed to the "quick and full implementation of the pact" was backing the students "They are the reactionary forces," he said. No immediate comment was available from the government. The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and several right wing groups have also rejected the treaty claiming it was a "sell-out" out to India. A local group backed by BNP and the Jatiya Party of former military dictator Hussain Muhammad Ershad have called for a general strike in the hills on Thursday as part of their campaign of opposition to the pact. Sources withing Larma's Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) party admit to being worried by the actions of the dissidents. "God forbid if anything happened to the leader (Larma) the whole peace process would be jeopardised," an aide warned. On his change of life from a guerilla leader to regional council chief, Larma said the aims were the same. "We, the PCJSS, as a party have sown a philosophy and ideologies and are carrying out this programme," he said "Yes, I carried a weapon but our campaign is clearly linked to the people and national politics ... we were also never disconnected from the global politics. "Now, I am passing my days accomplishing my work dedicatedly and responsibly." -=-=- 