The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday vowed to 'thwart' the government's move to 'unilaterally' amend the constitution scrapping the caretaker government system.
An emergency meeting of the party's highest policy making body, the national standing committee, on Tuesday night, opposed most of the changes the cabinet had approved on Monday for amendment to the constitution.
The people cannot accept the changes, including scrapping of the caretaker government system and deletion of the words 'Absolute trust and faith in the Almighty Allah shall be the basis of all actions', the meeting resolved.
It also termed 'undemocratic' the proposed provision barring any amendment to a number of parts, articles and provisions of the constitution.
The meeting also said that the government had closed the doors for resolution of the crisis through discussions by approving the proposed amendments to the constitution.
The approval proved that the government's proposal for discussions aimed to 'confuse' the people, the meeting said.
The meeting followed the cabinet's approval of the Constitution (Fifteenth Amendment) Bill that proposed sweeping changes to the constitution, including scrapping of the caretaker government system.
The BNP and its allies have been opposing the move and enforced two countrywide general strikes in protest.
With BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, also the leader of the opposition, in the chair, the meeting was attended by RA Gani, Moudud Ahmed, Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, MK Anwar, Nazrul Islam Khan, Hannan Shah, Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, Rafiqul Islam Mia and Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
Source : New Age
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