Law Minister Shafique Ahmed on Monday said the government would take steps to restore the spirit of original constitution of 1972 after getting copy of the Supreme Court judgment over the fifth amendment to the constitution.
Law Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed said Tuesday's Supreme Court rulings on the 5th Amendment of the Constitution would help restore the true spirit of the Liberation War and the rule of law and institutionalize a non-communal democratic Bangladesh.
Senior BNP leader and former law minister Moudud Ahmed has said the government cannot revive the 1972 constitution. "The government can never return to the main constitution. It will require repealing oppressing laws and dropping the word 'bismillah' from the constitution that they can never do," he said on Monday while speaking at a discussion meeting at the National Press Club.
In response to the argument made by veteran Awami League parliamentarian Suranjit Sengupta's that the restoration of the 1972 constitution was necessary to fulfil the people's cherished dream at a discussion, seasoned BNP parliamentarian Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury mockingly suggested that AL should restore the 72 constitution incorporating the 4th amendments through which one party rule was introduced in the country.
Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Matiur Rahman Nizami on Saturday said the majority people will not accept secularism as the state principle embodied in the 1972 constitution which the government wants to revive.
BNP termed prime minister Sheikh Hasina's statement in parliament about restoring the 1972 Constitution "illegal" as the opposition party thinks there is no scope to fall back over so many years that have gone by through major changes. "After long years, there is no scope for a return to that place (72 Constitution)," said BNP secretary-general Khandaker Delwar Hossain yesterday, criticizing the Prime Minister's statement made Wednesday.
CPB general secretary Mujahidul Islam Selim Saturday condemned the remarks by BNP secretary general Khandaker Delwar Hossain over the 1972 constitution. "Raising questions about the 1972 constitution and its framing process is tantamount to disowning the war of liberation and Bangladesh's independence," he said terming Delwar's comments unpleasant and assault on the sprit of the liberation war.
The Awami League led government is likely to restore within its tenure the 1972 constitution to bring back fundamental principles including secularism which were deleted by the controversial fifth amendment during the regime of Ziaur Rahman.
BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain on Saturday said if Awami League- led government tries to restore constitution of 1972 affecting politics of BNP or any public interest, BNP will protest such change through legal procedure.
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed yesterday said his ministry will take steps to restore the 1972 constitution in order to reestablish the spirits of secularism, the great liberation war, rule of law, human rights and democracy in the country.
