Parties split over legal basis for July Charter at Consensus Commission talks

Jamaat-e-Islami, along with other parties, have backed four proposals from the National Consensus Commission to give the July Charter a legal foundation, while leaders of Gono Forum and left-leaning parties opposed them. The matter came up on Thursday during talks between the commission and political parties at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka. The commission’s options for implementation included: Implementing it through a special constitutional order under the president’s executive powers Forming a constituent assembly between elections to make necessary constitutional arrangements Ratification by the elected representatives of the 13th parliament Parliament functioning as a constitutional reform assembly to incorporate the charter into the constitution Seeking the opinion of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court through the president under...