The jurist panel formed by the National Consensus Commission again met -- on Saturday -- to look for a unique method to implement the July National Charter 2025 exploring a combination of a constitutional order, a referendum, and an option to seek advice from the Appellate Division.
The consensus commission hosted the meeting at its office at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban in Dhaka.
Jurists Justice MA Matin, Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury, Dhaka University law faculty dean Professor Muhammad Ekramul Haque, and Supreme Court lawyers Sharif Bhuiyan, Imran A Siddiq, and Tanim Hossain Shawan attended the meeting with NCC vice-chair Professor Ali Riaz in the chair.
More than one meeting attendee told 抖阴精品 on Saturday evening that the discussion had been aimed at finding a unique and sustainable method, rather than looking for any 鈥榩recedents鈥�.
In the third-round NCC dialogue session with 30聽 political parties on Wednesday, the commission presented the panel鈥檚 suggestion on executing the July Charter whether by issuing a constitutional order that would be followed by a referendum.
Earlier, the same panel suggested that the charter could be implemented either by a referendum, or by a 鈥榮pecial鈥� constitutional order, or by a referendum, or by seeking the Appellate Division鈥檚 advice.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party delegates to the Wednesday meeting opposed issuing a constitution order and a referendum, preferring instead to seek the Appellate Division鈥檚 advice.
On the other hand, the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and like-minded parties favoured what the BNP delegates opposed.
Amid the differences among political parties, the expert panel discussed whether an innovative method could be found to integrate the under-discussed options so that they would be sustainable, widely acceptable, and legally protected, said a jurist who was present at Saturday鈥檚 meeting.
He said that the meeting concluded without any final outcome.
Slamming the critics who raised concerns over the execution of the July Charter before the 13th national elections and often claimed that there were no precedents, and the existing constitution offered no legal basis, the jurist observed that the country鈥檚 constitution must evolve with its people鈥檚 supreme aspirations.
He continued by saying that the July Charter was going to reflect the aspirations of those who took part in the 鈥榚xtraordinary鈥� July uprising and overthrew the 15-year Awami League regime past year.
Commission members Justice Md Emdadul Haque, Badiul Alam Majumdar, Iftekharuzzaman, Md Ayub Miah, and the chief adviser鈥檚 special assistant Monir Haider were present at the meeting.
