The newly elected members of parliament from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party will not be taking oath as members of the Constitution Reform Commission.
On Tuesday morning, ahead of the oath-taking ceremony at National Parliament, the party’s Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed formally announced the decision.The newly elected MP from Cox’s Bazar-1 said: “None of us have been elected as members of the Constitution Reform Commission, and it is not yet incorporated into the Constitution. According to the referendum, if the Constitution Reform Commission is formed, it must first be included in the Constitution. It must also be determined who will administer the oath to its members.”
Salahuddin Ahmed added: “…Once it is constitutionally adopted in the National Parliament, the procedure for swearing in members of the Constitution Reform Commission can be established. Until then, we are following the Constitution. We have acted constitutionally so far, and we hope to continue doing so in the days ahead.”
The newly elected members of the 13th National Parliament have taken oath at the South Plaza of the National Parliament on Tuesday.
The oath was administered by Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin around 10:42am.
The new cabinet is scheduled to take the oath in the afternoon at the South Plaza of the parliament, with the president set to administer the oath to the cabinet members.
