BNP agrees to conditional 10-year limit on prime minister’s tenure

Liberty News Desk
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The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has conditionally supported a proposal to limit any individual’s tenure as prime minister to 10 years but opposed transferring all executive authority to a constitutional appointments committee.

Following a meeting with the National Consensus Commission on Wednesday, BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed stated, “We agree a prime minister should not serve more than ten years in their lifetime. However, we reject any system that strips the executive of its powers and hands them entirely to an unelected appointments committee.”

Ahmed emphasized the need for checks and balances across state institutions and proposed strengthening the Constitutional and Statutory Appointments Committee (Sasnic), formerly known as the National Constitutional Council (NCC), through structural reforms.

He reiterated the party’s stance on ensuring democratic accountability, upholding constitutional values of equality, human dignity, democracy, and social justice.

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