On Thursday, the interim government formed the seven-member ‘National Consensus Commission’, headed by professor Muhammad Yunus, to discuss the recommendations placed by the six reform commissions aimed at reaching a consensus on a number of political, constitutional and electoral reform agenda.
The other members of the commission are prof Ali Riaz, head of the constitution reform commission; Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury, head of public administration reform commission; Safar Raj Hossain, head of police reform commission; Badiul Alam Majumder, head of election reform commission; justice Emdadul Haque, head of judiciary reform commission; and Iftekharuzzaman, head of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) reform commission.
The National Consensus Commission has a deadline of six months to reach a consensus among the political parties. The Chief Adviser’s Office (CAO) is providing secretarial service to the commission.