State reform initiatives come from all levels of people: Ali Riaz

National Consensus Commission Vice-chairman Prof Ali Riaz has said the state reform initiatives have not just come from the interim government it is the long-standing aspirations of the people of Bangladesh.

Prof Ali Riaz said this while speaking at a discussion with Jamaat-e-Islam at Jatiya Sangsad LD Hall in the capital on Saturday. 

The call to reform the state has come from political parties, from the student community, and above all, from people from all levels of the country, he said.

A 10-member Jamaat delegation led by its Naib-e-Ameer Dr. Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher and Secretary General Miah Golam Parwar joined the talks.

Commission members Justice Md. Emdadul Hoque, Dr. Iftekharuzzaman, Dr. Badiul Alam Majumdar and Safar Raj Hossain and Chief Adviser's special assistant Monir Haidar were present.

Regarding the issue of preparing a national charter through discussions with political parties, Ali Riaz underscored the need for preparing a national charter within the shortest possible time. 

“We should build a Bangladesh where people will not be deprived of their rights and victims of extrajudicial killings and oppression,” he said.

The recommendations of the reform commission have been sent to 39 political parties in the form of spreadsheets seeking their respective specific opinions. 

The National Consensus Commission has already received opinions from 35 parties. So far, 17 political parties, including Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, have participated in the discussions with the commission.