Draft of July Proclamation ready, all-party meeting on Thursday  

The draft of proclamation of the July Revolution is ready.  An all-party meeting will be held on Thursday aiming to finalise the proclamation of the July Revolution.

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus is expected to join the meeting.

Adviser Mahful Alam made the announcement at a press briefing at Foreign Service Academy in the capital on Tuesday evening.

e said the council of advisers formulated a draft of the July proclamation and held talks with some political parties, including BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami, and many stakeholders to get their opinions but could not reach all stakeholders.

“We talked to many groups of people and women's organisations too,” he said, adding that all agreed to make the July proclamation but they did not reach a consensus over the contents of the proclamation.

Replying to a question, Mahfuj said the government has informally talked to many parties and they will be able to know about the disagreements of the parties over the July proclamation by holding the meeting.

Claiming that BNP is positive about the proclamation of the July Revolution, he said the government will talk to all the allying forces of the July Revolution in finalising the proclamation and will try to ensure their representation on the Thursday’s meeting.   

Mahfuj said they hoped that the political parties, which would win in the next general elections, would be the allying forces of the July Revolution and hold the spirit of the July proclamation.

Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam also spoke at the press briefing.