\\\'Bangladesh to scrap presidential mercy for 1971 war crimes convicts\\\'

The government will move to ensure that the war crimes convicts do not get presidential mercy in future, Law Minister Anisul Huq has said. He has hinted at amending the Constitution to this end if necessary. A Ganajagaran Mancha faction submitted a memorandum to the minister on Sunday demanding amendment to the Constitutional provision for presidential mercy. It also demanded filing a review petition of war crimes convict Delwar Hossain Sayedee’s life-in-jail term and trying Jamaat-e-Islami as a party for its role during the country’s independence struggles in 1971. The Mancha faction seeks maximum penalty for convicted war criminals, according to a news agency.