Dhaka: Bangladesh overnight issued an ordinance in line with the interim government chief Professor Muhammad Yunus’ proposed referendum on a political charter, drawing immediate rebuttal from jurists who called it “unconstitutional”.
President Muhammad Shahabuddin, on late Thursday, signed into ordinance the “July Charter Implementation Order” while the document was drafted by the Yunus-headed National Consensus Commission after protracted consultations with several political parties excluding deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s now disbanded Awami League.
In a nationwide televised address, Chief Adviser Yunus on Thursday said a plebiscite would be staged simultaneously with the planned national election in February next year to elicit people’s mandate for the charter.
