The interim government on Monday night extended the tenure of the National Consensus Commission by one month. A notification regarding the extension was issued by the Cabinet Division on Monday night, saying that the NCC鈥檚 term would be now till September 15.
The NCC confirmed the matter on Tuesday.
Earlier, on February 12, a seven-member National Consensus Commission was formed with chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus in the chair.
Aiming to draft a consensus-based charter on the state reforms, the consensus commission formally began its work from February 15 with a six month tenure ending on August 15.
With logistical support from the law, justice and parliament ministry, the NCC secretariat was set up at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban in Dhaka.
The charter is yet to be finalised . Amid the demand from several political parties, the commision is analysing potential pathways to make the charter legally obligatory for implementation.
The initially formed NCC members included Constitution Reform Commission chief Professor Ali Riaz as the vice-chair, Electoral Reform Commission chief Badilul Alam Majumdar, Police Reform Commission chief Safar Raj Hossian, Judiciary Reform Commission chief Justice Shah Abu Nayeem Mominur Rahman, Public Administration Reform Commission chief Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury and, Anti-Corruption Commission chief Iftekharuzzaman.
Later, Justice Emdadul Haque and Md Ayub Miah replaced Justice Shah Abu Nayeem Mominur Rahman and Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury, respectively.
After the formation of the commission, political parties were provided with 166-point reforms-related recommendations for their comments.
Given their feedbacks, the National Consensus Commission held the first-round dialogue separately with 38 political parties between March 20 and May 19.
聽Its second round of dialogue between June 3 and July 31 covered collective discussions with 30 political parties. The NCC vice-chair, Professor Ali Riaz, presided over all the discussions.