The interim government has finalised the draft of the July Proclamation set to be presented on August 5, according to a statement from the chief adviser鈥檚 press wing.
鈥楾he July Proclamation draft has been finalised and it will be presented to the nation at 5:00pm on Tuesday when all parties involved in the July uprising will be present,鈥� said the statement.
Further details will be announced soon, it added.
The interim government-formed National Consensus Commission is also working on finalising the reforms-related July Charter that is expected to be endorsed by the NCC chair and chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, members of the commission, and the political parties participated in the months-long reforms dialogue.
On Friday, the information and broadcasting ministry adviser Mahfuz Alam on his verified social media handle announced, 鈥楯uly Proclamation is now a reality. The proclamation will certainly be announced by August 5.鈥櫬犅�
Last month, a preliminary draft of the July Proclamation was shared with some political parties, including the BNP, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and NCP for their feedback.
NCP joint convener Javed Rasin said that the draft proclamation featured the context of the July uprising, the history of an 鈥榓nti-people鈥� autocracy by the 鈥榝ascist鈥� Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League regime, followed by the history of Bangladesh鈥檚 emergence, the Independence War 1971.
The draft proclamation mentioned the misuse of the 1972 constitution and its weaknesses, the failure of the ousted Awami League regime in upholding the people鈥檚 spirits derived from their independence war, the Sepoy-Janata Biplob on November 7, 1975,聽 the mass uprising in 1990 and the restoration of democracy in 1991 and the January 11, 2006 鈥榗onspiratorial settlement鈥�.
The proclamation would also mention the violation of citizens鈥� voting rights during the national elections in 2014, 2018, and 2024 and the extrajudicial measures against the oppositions during the Awami League regime.聽聽
A CA office press wing official said that the proclamation would mention that the present interim government was formed on August 8, 2024, in accordance with the constitution鈥檚 article 106.聽 It will also mention that the citizens of Bangladesh have expressed their grave concerns against fascism and corruption, showed their enthusiasm for rebuilding a non-discriminatory and corruption-and-fascism-free country and for adopting reform of the constitution and for running all the constitutional and state organisations in a democratic way.
The proclamation would be considered effective from August 5, 2024, the day the Awami League regime was ousted.聽
Earlier, Students Against Discrimination, which聽spearheaded the uprising to eventually topple the Awami League regime on August 5 last year, first announced plans to release a proclamation to consolidate the spirits of the uprising in the constitution.
The National Citizen Committee, the original springboard of the National Citizen Party, echoed the announcement.聽
Both the organisations on December 29 publicly introduced the idea of a 鈥楯uly Proclamation鈥� and set December 31 for its release.
Amid objections from some political parties, including the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, the interim government intervened into the matter and announced that it would present the proclamation following discussions with all political parties instead of only the Students Against Discrimination and the National Citizen Committee.
