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The National Consensus Commission (NCC) on Sunday held a meeting with experts including the Law Adviser and Attorney General to discuss the ways and means of implementing the July National Charter.
The meeting was held at the Foreign Service Academy, according to the Commission.
In addition to Adviser to the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Asif Nazrul and Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman, retired Supreme Court Justice MA Matin, Justice Mainul Islam Chowdhury, Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh Dr Sharif Bhuiyan and Barrister Imran Siddique were present.
The commission is working with experts to have their legal opinions and suggestions to determine the legal framework of the July Charter as disagreement has been growing among the political parties over the implementation and legal binding in the constitution on it.
NCC Vice Chairman Prof Ali Riaz and members of the commission Justice Md Emdadul Haque, Iftekharuzzaman, Badiul Alam Majumder, Safar Raj Hossain and Md Ayub Mia participated in the meeting.
In addition, Special Assistant to the Chief Adviser Monir Haider was present at the meeting.
Four political parties did not give their opinions on the draft July National Charter 2025 sent by the commission as the deadline for providing official response ended on Friday.
Earlier, the commission extended the deadline by two days to August 22 following requests from five political parties.
After receiving the responses from experts, the commission will meet with the parties again to come up with the final approval.
BSS adds: A total of 26 political parties, so far, have submitted their opinions to the National Consensus Commission after reviewing the July Charter.
According to the National Consensus Commission, Islami Andolon Bangladesh and Nagorik Oikya became the 25th and 26th parties to submit their views to the commission till 1:00 pm on Sunday.
Earlier, on the night of August 16, a revised draft was sent to the political parties after the previous version was found to contain some errors.
Most recently, on August 20, the commission extended the deadline for submitting opinions on the draft until 3pm on August 22. Following that, on August 22, 24 political parties submitted their feedback.
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