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The National Consensus Commission is set to gather feedback from political parties on which reform proposals are agreed, partially agreed, and not agreed.

Formed on 12 February, the NCC has been tasked with drafting the national consensus charter, or July Charter, —an agreement among political parties—particularly concerning reform proposals on the constitution, electoral system, judiciary, police, public administration, and the Anti-Corruption Commission.


One of the NCC members, preferring anonymity, on Saturday told ¶¶Òõ¾«Æ· that the schedule for the next NCC meeting would be finalised after collecting the political parties’ responses to reform proposals.

The chief adviser’s press secretary, Shafiqul Alam, replying to a question at a press briefing at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka on the day said that the NCC’s dialogue with political parties would begin soon.

As part of the political consensus-building process, the NCC would email a questionnaire to political parties in the next couple of days, the National Consensus Commission member said.

Around 150 questions would be sent to the parties to gather their feedback on which recommendations they agree with, partially agree with or disagree with, he said.

The full reports of six reform commissions were made public on February 8.

By February 21, at least 28 political parties and alliances had received hard copies of the reports for review.

The NCC member said that the political parties are expected to provide their feedback within a week of receiving the questionnaire.

Once all parties’ responses are collected, the schedule for the next NCC meeting will be finalised, the member added.

The interim government’s chief adviser, Professor Muhammad Yunus, who also serves as NCC chairman, chaired the first NCC meeting on February 15.