Consensus commission to begin talks with parties tomorrow
The National Consensus Commission (NCC) is set to begin discussions with political parties to forms a national consensus on state reform tomorrow.
The first meeting in this series will be held with the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) at 3:00pm in the LD Hall of the National Parliament.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. According to an NCC press release, schedules for discussions with other parties will be announced gradually.
Sources said the commission plans to continue its dialogue with political parties until March 24, before Eid. As per this schedule, the commission may hold discussions with two more parties next week.
As of yesterday, 15 out of 38 political parties have submitted their opinions to the NCC. The Jatiya Gono Front and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) submitted their opinions yesterday.
The commission also noted that 14 other parties, including BNP, Jamaat, and the National Citizen Party, are expected to submit their opinions in the coming days.
On March 6, the NCC sent spreadsheets with key recommendations from various reform commissions to 37 political parties. These parties were asked to respond by March 13.b
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