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পাকিস্তান অবজারভার | ২৫ জুন, ১৯৬২ |
Nine National Leaders Say
Present Constitution Unworkable
Special Body be Elected to Draft A New One
(By a Staff Correspondent)
Mr. Hamidul Huq Chowdhury. Mr. Nurul Amin. Mr. Abu Hossain Sarker. Mr. Ataur Rahman Khan. Mr. Mahmud Ali, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Mr. Yousuf Ali Choudliury (Mohon Mia), Syed Azizul Iluq and Pir Mohsenuddin Ahmed (Dudu Mia) yesterday urged that steps should be taken “lo have a special body elected as soon as possible to give the country a constitution to make its acceptance unquestioned by the People.”
Enumerating the essential qualities that go to make a permanent constitution six of the nine leaders of East Pakistan said that “The present Constitution lacked such basic strength as popular consensus enshrined in basic laws framed by Peoples' representatives entrusted with that mandate”.
The present constitution, the statement said, was framed on a distrust of popular will, whatever the justification put forward for that. Citing the incapacity of the members of newly setup Assemblies and the restricted suffrage on which the members were elected the statement said that “experience of barely three weeks have already demonstrated that the present Scheme is unworkable unless it is radically changed and remodelled.”
For the interim period till such a new constitution could be adopted the leaders suggested that administration should be carried on under the present constitution with some essential changes.
One such suggestion for change was to incorporate the fundamental rights as enumerated in the 1956 Constitution in the present constitution making these rights justifiable. This can be done through a Presidential order or a legislative process.
The statement mentioned at length the necessity for doing away with growing imbalance in the economic progress of the two wings. It also advocated for removal of all obstacles against the growth of political parties, the very breath of representative democracy.
The leaders said that political prisoners detained without trial should be set at liberty to restore an atmosphere of confidence in the country and all penal actions regarding politicians should be done away with.
Following is the text of the joint statement of the nine leaders:
Rule of Martial Law has at least been ended. Gloom that enveloped the country for long 45 months has been partially lifted. Door of progress towards a democratic system
