Amendments and expectations

Kazi Ra-Few Hossain, Department of International Relations (IR), University of Dhaka

In 1975- 4th amendment, in 1979 -5th amendment and in 1982- 7th amendment, all those amendments were the blazing indications for us that the government should not pass any sort of amendment which is not recommended by the main opposition party as well as the majority people of the country. People of Bangladesh did not expect the process and several specific articles of the 15th amendment to take place. It is right that an unelected government can not be accepted in a democratic country, but today's reality is different. In the light of past history, the government should go for obtaining consensus on caretaker government issue with the main opposition party, which is the expectation of people.