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Opposition Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday said it submitted notes of dissent on around 15 key issues during a meeting of the special parliamentary committee reviewing 133 ordinances issued by the interim government.

The notes pertain to the ordinances on the referendum, the Human Rights Commission, and the separation of the judiciary, Jamaat Assistant Secretary General and committee member Rafiqul Islam Khan told the media after the meeting.

Around 22 issues were discussed at the meeting, and Jamaat disagreed on 14 to 15 of them, he said.

Rafiqul alleged that the proposed changes would place several important institutions back under political influence, but the ruling BNP members were trying to pass them in parliament using their majority.

“Especially, they [the BNP] want to take institutions like the Human Rights Commission, Police Commission, and the commission to prevent enforced disappearances and killings back under political control, like before,” he said.

He added that the ruling party members were attempting to scrap some reform measures and return to the previous system.

These reforms include establishing an independent secretariat for the Supreme Court and forming a selection committee for appointing judges.

“We also strongly opposed any move to curtail the independence of the Anti-Corruption Commission,” Rafiqul said.

Speaking to reporters, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said the special committee had discussed each of the 133 ordinances and would place its report in parliament on April 2.

He said some ordinances would be approved without

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