The National Consensus Commission on Monday decided that it would submit the final recommendations for implementing the July National Charter 2025 to the interim government chief adviser, also the NCC chair, Professor Muhammad Yunus, at 12:00pm today.
The consensus commission took the decision while meeting with the chief adviser at the state guest house Jamuna in Dhaka, said commission vice-chair Professor Ali Riaz.
He disclosed that all members of the advisory council are expected to be present at Jamuna today when the recommendations would be submitted.
The meeting on Monday聽 began at 4:00pm and continued till 5:30pm.
In the meeting, the commission presented a draft set of recommendations prepared on the mechanism for implementing the July Charter.
The chief adviser did not suggest any major change in the draft, said a commission member.
Earlier on Sunday, the commission was near finalising its draft recommendations with the provisions for approving the 84 reform proposals, including the establishment of an upper house with shared votes-based proportional representation, within 270 days of forming the 13th Jatiya Sangsad.
NCC insiders said that the commission had decided that the implementation of the charter would begin with the issuance of the 鈥楯uly National Charter Implementation (Reform of Constitution) Order鈥� while its legal basis would be the 2024 July uprising.
Under this order, an ordinance would be issued to conduct a referendum with a single question whether the voters support the order and the reform proposals contained in the charter or not.
If the positive responses win, a constitution reform assembly, which would be elected simultaneously with the 13th Jatiya Sangsad, must implement the charter鈥檚 reform proposals within the 270 days of its formation.
The 84 reform proposals outlined in the charter would also be included in the order without mentioning any
dissenting notes from political parties, the commission sources said.
It would be obligatory for the constitution reform assembly to discuss and modify, if needed, and approve the reform proposals within the 270 days of its formation.
However, sources said that the commission would present an alternative mechanism regarding the enactment of the reform proposals.
The alternative option would be that the proposals should be presented as a bill by the interim government before the referendum, provisioning that the reform proposals, if not approved within the 270 days, would automatically become effective.聽聽
Formally beginning its task on February 15, the National Consensus Commission held three rounds of dialogue with more than 30 political parties to formulate the state reform-oriented July Charter.
The charter was signed by 25 political parties, the NCC members, and the chief adviser.
During the signing ceremony on October 17, the commission promised to submit the charter implementation mechanism to the interim government by October 31.