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New Bangladesh government committed to restoring 1972 constitution: justice minister

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] Bangladeshi Law, Justice, and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shafique Ahmed on Thursday declared his government's desire to restore Bangladesh's 1972 constitution. The move signals an intent to return to the four principles of nationalism, democracy, secularism, and socialism that Bangladesh endorsed after its independence from Pakistan in 1971. Ahmed told the Daily Star that the government would work to try those who committed war crimes during the 1971 war. Bangladesh elected Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in December, ending two years of military rule. Prior to the elections, interim Bangladeshi president Iajuddin Ahmed signed the Emergency Powers (Repeal) Ordinance of 2008, lifting a two-year state of emergency to allow for political campaigning. The state of emergency, declared in January 2007, had suspended democratic rights throughout the country. The state of emergency had been briefly lifted in November, but was reinstated following violent protests after Jamaat-e-Islami party leaders were arrested on corruption charges. In June, Hasina was indicted on charges that she received approximately $440,000 in illegal kickbacks on a power-plant deal during her earlier term as prime minister between 1996 and 2001.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on January 09, 2009 (boomark / email).