The National Consensus Commission on Monday decided to invite again political parties to finalise suitable methods, including the issuance of a special constitutional order as suggested by experts, of implementing the July National Charter 2025.
Consensus commission vice-chair Professor Ali Riaz on Monday told 抖阴精品, 鈥榃e are going to meet the political parties once again to finalise the charter implementation process. We have obtained expert opinions but we want to finalise the methods in a transparent way.鈥�
He added that the parties would be formally informed of the expert suggestions that came out from them during several meetings hosted by the commission.
Commission insiders said that the meeting with political parties would be held at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka on Thursday.
Monday鈥檚 meeting concluded with the decision that the commission would report to the interim government about every recommendation from the political parties and the experts.
Commission insiders also said that the interim聽 government would be informed if the parties reached consensus on one or more methods. If they fail to agree on any method, only then the commission will put forward the expert opinions, they said.
On Sunday, the commission met for the third time with its panel of experts who recommended a special constitutional order -- under the section 22 of the July Declaration -- to execute the July Charter.
Section 22 states that the people of Bangladesh express their desire for democratic reforms of the existing constitution and all state and constitutional bodies to ensure good governance, fair elections, economic and social justice, and the rule of law, and to prevent the return of fascist rule.
On Sunday, the experts present included Justice MA Matin, Dhaka University law faculty dean Professor Muhammad Ekramul Haque, and Supreme Court lawyers Sharif Bhuiyan and Imran A Siddiq. Two other panelists Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury and Tanim Hossain Shawan did not attend the Sunday meeting.
Earlier on August 10 and August 24, the full panel had suggested implementing the July Charter through various methods, either through a referendum, or a special constitutional order, or a Supreme Court opinion under article 106 of the constitution, or by issuing ordinances.
However, after weighing the pros and cons of the methods, the experts on Monday submitted their written recommendation, suggesting a special constitutional order, said experts who attended the latest meeting.
They said that the existing constitution鈥檚 article 93 blocks any constitutional reform through ordinances.
Although they had considered a referendum as a solution, they stepped back after assessing the political divisions and challenges in accommodating several issues on a ballot for the referendum.
They also cancelled the option to seek the Supreme Court鈥檚 opinion under article 106 of the constitution to adopt the July Charter.
