We will sign the July Charter but with clear notes of dissent: Salahuddin

BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed has confirmed that his party will sign the July National Charter, but emphasised that differences of opinion will be formally recorded as “notes of dissent” within the document itself. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with the National Consensus Commission at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka on Wednesday, October 15, Salahuddin clarified that the charter is not linked to the upcoming parliamentary elections. “Our goal remains to hold a fair, impartial, and internationally recognised traditional election for the national parliament in the first half of February next year,” he said. “But what does that have to do with the July National Charter? In my view, the two are entirely separate.” He stressed that...