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Only constitution should be national charter

Political leaders tell BBC Sanglap

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Formulation of a national charter would not be successful if it is either imposed or tagged with conditions. Only the constitution should be the national charter.
Panellists, including political leaders, said this at the BBC Bangladesh Sanglap yesterday.
There is no need to formulate any national charter if there is a consensus among the political parties on the national issues, code of conduct and a functional political system, they added.
The panellists included Awami League organising secretary Saber Hossain Chowdhury, BNP Joint secretary general Nazrul Islam Khan, President of Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS) Maj Gen (retd) ANM Muniruzzaman and Barrister TaniaAmeer.
BBC Bangla Service in conjunction with the BBC World Service Trust organised the Sanglap at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in the capital. Kamal Ahmed of BBC Bangla Service moderated it
Replying to a question, both Saber and Nazrul said the presence of two party chiefs - Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia - at the dialogue between the political parties and the government is vital to make the talks a success. Otherwise the dialogue would not be fruitful, they added.
"The constitution should be the only charter if we think of a national charter," said Saber, also the political secretary to AL President Sheikh Hasina.
He said there should be an understanding among the political parties on functional political system and code of conduct in order to get rid of violence-prone politics.
Nazrul said steps should be taken to create a better environment to get rid of hartal and parliament boycott programme.
He said the Chief Adviser in his address to the nation has imposed a number of conditions, but it is not possible to implement all what he has mentioned before December.
If the proposed national charter is formulated in consultation with all political parties, the people can accept it, said Maj Gen (retd) Muniruzzaman
Tania Ameer said iris not possi-ble^o formulate any national charter through legal process.
Replying to another question, Saber said Hasina must be released to give her a chance to take part in the dialogue to make it fruitful.
Nazrul said the presence of two party chiefs in the talks is a must for making the election credible and the dialogue fruitful.
About the move for reunification of the BNP, he said positive developments are taking place. "We will get the final results soon as the other faction has become nonexistent technically," he said, adding that Awami League’s unity is helping reunite BNP.