Contempt of court ordinance
The Daily Star has carried a very brief review of the draft ordinance passed in principle by the cabinet of advisers. This is based on the briefing by the press secretary to the chief adviser. I think the readers would be more benefited if some elaboration is available with regard to the issue of "designed to ensure the people rights", and the rights of the press. There are few significant words like " good faith", " restrained language" and "constructive". These would remain subjective unless well defined by examples and references. The ultimate judgment would remain open and might be arbitrary.
The government would do justice to its citizens at home and abroad if this kind of draft ordinances are put on the website specifically opened for the ordinances like the “human rights commission”, “supreme judicial council”, “freedom of information ordinance” and the “contempt of court ordinance”. This would help us to understand the ordinances from the text, rather than from individual review or opinion.
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