BNP wants equal representation in special committee on Constitution
Sunday, 25 July 2010
BNP leader Barrister Moudud Ahmed MP has said the BNP will join the special committee formed to amend the constitution if it is recast incorporating an equal number of members from the ruling and the opposition parties, to bring fundamental changes in the constitution by protecting the national interests.
Moudud, a member of the BNP standing committee, the highest policymaking body of the party, made the remarks at a press briefing at his Motijheel law chamber Saturday afternoon, reports UNB.
Terming the Prime Minister's remarks that Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim would not be erased from the constitution and Jamaat politics would not be banned, Moudud said it has become clear that the ruling party is not going back to the original constitution of 1972.
Former law minister Moudud said as a lawyer and 'having a little wisdom' about the constitution, he understands it is not possible to go back to the original constitution, as was suggested after the AL came to power. "It is impossible and constitutionally absurd to return to the original constitution."
He said keeping Bismillah and at the same time keeping secularism in the constitution will be a hotchpotch to bluff the people by creating a smoke-screen.
Moudud said to restore 1972 constitution is a political slogan of the Awami Legaue.
Replying to a question, he said the Fifth Amendment does not state anything about the system of caretaker government so there is no
question of changing it.
Moudud said the key to the spirit of the Liberation War was to liberate the country to establish democracy and the rule of law in the country.
He said there was no mention of secularism and socialism in the charter of independence. He said the original constitution was formulated on the basis of the charter of independence.
The BNP leader said the Supreme Court has not yet given its verdict over the Fifth Amendment but the government is hurrying to amend the constitution. The government's hurried moves sound 'mysterious', he noted.
Moudud, a member of the BNP standing committee, the highest policymaking body of the party, made the remarks at a press briefing at his Motijheel law chamber Saturday afternoon, reports UNB.
Terming the Prime Minister's remarks that Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim would not be erased from the constitution and Jamaat politics would not be banned, Moudud said it has become clear that the ruling party is not going back to the original constitution of 1972.
Former law minister Moudud said as a lawyer and 'having a little wisdom' about the constitution, he understands it is not possible to go back to the original constitution, as was suggested after the AL came to power. "It is impossible and constitutionally absurd to return to the original constitution."
He said keeping Bismillah and at the same time keeping secularism in the constitution will be a hotchpotch to bluff the people by creating a smoke-screen.
Moudud said to restore 1972 constitution is a political slogan of the Awami Legaue.
Replying to a question, he said the Fifth Amendment does not state anything about the system of caretaker government so there is no
question of changing it.
Moudud said the key to the spirit of the Liberation War was to liberate the country to establish democracy and the rule of law in the country.
He said there was no mention of secularism and socialism in the charter of independence. He said the original constitution was formulated on the basis of the charter of independence.
The BNP leader said the Supreme Court has not yet given its verdict over the Fifth Amendment but the government is hurrying to amend the constitution. The government's hurried moves sound 'mysterious', he noted.