Bangladesh commission suggests dropping 'secularism', 'socialism' from Constitution; proposes bicameral House
Muhammad Yunus, proposing the replacement of the state principles of secularism, socialism and nationalism. The commission set up by the Yunus administration, after the ouster of Sheikh Hasina as prime minister following a mass agitation led by students, also proposed a bicameral parliament for the country and a two-term limit on a premier's tenure.
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The three principles are among the four enshrined as «fundamental principles of state policy» in the country's constitution. Under the new proposals, only one — «democracy», remains unchanged.
«We are proposing five state principles — equality, human dignity, social justice, pluralism, and democracy — for reflection of the great ideals of the 1971 Liberation War and the people's aspiration during the 2024 mass upsurge,» commission chairman Ali Riaz said in a video statement.
The report kept «democracy» alone in the constitution's preamble alongside the four new principles as it presented the report to Yunus.
The chief advisor's press wing in a statement quoted Riaz as saying the commission recommended the formation of a bicameral parliament with a lower house named the National Assembly and an upper house named the Senate with 105 and 400 seats respectively.
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