Jamaat files review petition to restore caretaker govt

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has filed a review petition regarding the ruling concerning the abolition of the caretaker government system.

Jamaat Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar submitted this review petition to the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday (October 23), party lawyer Mohammad Shishir Manir confirmed.

On October 16, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir filed a review petition against the ruling that abolished the caretaker government system.

In August, Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujan) Secretary Dr Badiul Alam Majumdar also filed a separate review application against the ruling.

The 13th amendment to the constitution, which included the caretaker government system, was adopted by parliament in 1996.

Challenging the validity of this amendment, three lawyers, including Advocate M Salimullah, filed a writ in the High Court.

On May 10, 2011, the Supreme Court’s Appellate Division declared the 13th amendment “illegal” and annulled it, abolishing the caretaker government system.

However, the court led by then-chief justice ABM Khairul Haque expressed that the 10th and 11th elections could be held under a caretaker government.

The ruling stated that in this case, any decision regarding the chief adviser of the caretaker government could be made based on consensus in parliament.