Consensus Building Commission: Chief adviser to address first meeting with political parties tomorrow
The first meeting of the national consensus-building commission, to be chaired by CA Yunus, will be held from 3:00pm to 5.30pm at the Foreign Service Academy
Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus will hold the first of possibly many meetings with the political parties on Saturday as part of the interim government's efforts to build national consensus ahead of the next national election.
The first meeting of the national consensus-building commission, to be chaired by CA Yunus, will be held from 3:00pm to 5.30pm at the Foreign Service Academy, Chief Adviser's Deputy Press Secretary Apurba Jahangir told UNB on Friday.
The chief adviser will deliver a speech at the meeting, he said.
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Earlier, the government formed a seven-member National Consensus Commission to review and adopt the recommendations submitted by the six key reform commissions.
The members of the new commission are Prof Ali Riaz, head of the Constitutional Reform Commission; Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury, head of Public Administration Reform Commission; Safar Raj Hossain, head of Police Reform Commission; Badiul Alam Majumder, head of Election Reform Commission; Justice Emdadul Haque, head of Judiciary Reform Commission; and Dr Iftekharuzzaman, head of Anti-Corruption Reform Commission.
The commission will operate for six months starting from tomorrow (15 February).
