The National Consensus Commission will extend the deadline for receiving opinions on key reform proposals made by different commissions, as only seven out of the 37 political parties which were requested to give opinions, had responded to the NCC鈥檚 call by Thursday.
In a letter dated March 5 to the political parties, the commission set March 13 as the deadline.
According to the commission鈥檚 press note released on Thursday afternoon, 16 political parties had requested an extension to the deadline for submitting their opinions on the recommendations.
Commission officials, however, did not disclose which parties had responded on time and which had requested a time extension.
However, Monir Haidar, the reforms-related special assistant to the chief adviser of the interim government, said that the commission would consider extending the deadline.
鈥楳ajor political parties, including the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and聽 Jamaat-e-Islami and the newly launched National Citizen Party, have requested an extension to the deadline,鈥� Monir told 抖阴精品 on Thursday.
On March 6, the commission dispatched a 166-point questionnaire to the 37 political parties, aiming to gather their views on key reform proposals relating to the constitution, electoral process, judiciary, public administration and the Anti-Corruption Commission.
The questionnaire required respondents to place a 鈥榯ick mark鈥� to indicate whether they agree, partially agree, or disagree with each of the 166 specific recommendations.
It also sought their views on whether the proposed reforms should be implemented through ordinance or referendum before the national election.
It invited opinions on whether the reforms should be carried out through a referendum, a constituent assembly, post-election constitutional amendments, or through elected assembly and parliamentary members.
Addressing a press conference on Monday, the commission鈥檚 vice-chairman, Ali Riaz, said that the commission would begin dialogues with political parties shortly after receiving their feedback.
Commenting on the dialogue schedule, Monir said that commission members would discuss the matter on March 16.
鈥楬opefully, the commission will commence dialogues with individual political parties in the coming week,鈥� he said.
