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Constitution must ensure fundamental rights, professionals tell commission
Representatives from several professional bodies on Thursday recommended that the constitution make the fulfillment of the citizensā fundamental rights binding for the state...
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Constitution must ensure fundamental rights, professionals tell commission
Staff Correspondent 15 November, 2024, 00:29
Representatives from several professional bodies on Thursday recommended that the constitution make the fulfillment of the citizensā fundamental rights binding for the state.
The recommendation came at a meeting of the constitution reform commission with the representatives of these professional bodies and constitution experts that was held as part of the commissionās preparation for drafting reform proposals to submit to the interim government chief adviser by January 4, 2025.
Thursdayās was the fourth in a series of meetings the commission is holding with different groups for the purpose.
According to the commission, National Press Club president Hasan Hafiz, Doctorsā Association of Bangladesh organising secretary Sayeed Mehbub Ul Quadir, Doctors Platform for Peopleās Health vice president Faizul Hakim and member Md Harun-Rashid, Justice Abdul Matin, lawyer Hasnat Quaiyum, professor K Shamsuddin Mahmud and Law Commission adviser AK Mohammad Hossain spoke at the discussion.
Faizul Hakim told New Age that he demanded constitutional provisions that would make ensuring fundamental rights, including public health, of the citizens legally binding for the state.
He also proposed that the country get a fresh constitution as the existing one, which originated in 1972, had transformed the state system into a monster.
āHowever, there needs to be an elected body to write the new constitution. The reform proposals from the interim government would guide its drafting,ā Faizul said.
Talking to New Age, lawyer Hasnat Quaiyum said that he recommended that the reformed constitution would free fundamental rights from any terms and conditions.
āThe Article 149 of the existing constitution gives legal acceptance to all the pre-independence acts. The reform commission must propose removal of all rights violating acts,ā Hasnat said.
He also recommended transfer of the management of both the crime investigation and jail system to the judiciary from the police department which is currently responsible for both.
Commission chief professor Ali Riaz and members Dhaka University professors Sumaiya Khair and Muhammad Ekramul Haque, lawyers Imran Siddique , Sharif Bhuiyan and M Moin Alam Ferozi, writers Firoz Ahmed and Md Mustain Billah were present during the meeting.
Staff Correspondent 15 November, 2024, 00:29
Representatives from several professional bodies on Thursday recommended that the constitution make the fulfillment of the citizensā fundamental rights binding for the state.
The recommendation came at a meeting of the constitution reform commission with the representatives of these professional bodies and constitution experts that was held as part of the commissionās preparation for drafting reform proposals to submit to the interim government chief adviser by January 4, 2025.
Thursdayās was the fourth in a series of meetings the commission is holding with different groups for the purpose.
According to the commission, National Press Club president Hasan Hafiz, Doctorsā Association of Bangladesh organising secretary Sayeed Mehbub Ul Quadir, Doctors Platform for Peopleās Health vice president Faizul Hakim and member Md Harun-Rashid, Justice Abdul Matin, lawyer Hasnat Quaiyum, professor K Shamsuddin Mahmud and Law Commission adviser AK Mohammad Hossain spoke at the discussion.
Faizul Hakim told New Age that he demanded constitutional provisions that would make ensuring fundamental rights, including public health, of the citizens legally binding for the state.
He also proposed that the country get a fresh constitution as the existing one, which originated in 1972, had transformed the state system into a monster.
āHowever, there needs to be an elected body to write the new constitution. The reform proposals from the interim government would guide its drafting,ā Faizul said.
Talking to New Age, lawyer Hasnat Quaiyum said that he recommended that the reformed constitution would free fundamental rights from any terms and conditions.
āThe Article 149 of the existing constitution gives legal acceptance to all the pre-independence acts. The reform commission must propose removal of all rights violating acts,ā Hasnat said.
He also recommended transfer of the management of both the crime investigation and jail system to the judiciary from the police department which is currently responsible for both.
Commission chief professor Ali Riaz and members Dhaka University professors Sumaiya Khair and Muhammad Ekramul Haque, lawyers Imran Siddique , Sharif Bhuiyan and M Moin Alam Ferozi, writers Firoz Ahmed and Md Mustain Billah were present during the meeting.