At a High Court hearing today, Attorney General Md. Asaduzzaman said that the 15th amendment, which eliminated the caretaker government system, was a direct attack on the constitution.
While participating in the hearing on a High Court rule contesting the validity of the 15th Amendment, the lead state lawyer made the remarks.
“A writ was filed by five prominent citizens of the country including Bodiul Alam Majumder in public interest, challenging the validity of the 15th amendment. The High Court after holding hearing on the writ, issued the rule. Many have filed applications after that as intervener, some in support of that plea, and some were against. As a whole, we do not want that rule to be scrapped,” he said while talking to newsmen at his chamber.
By eliminating the provision of the caretaker government system by the 15th amendment, the attorney general said that democracy in Bangladesh had been destroyed, fascism had been maintained, and the supremacy of the constitution had been breached.
“The rule of law and the independence of the judiciary have been undermined by that. We presented our explanations in the court as per the articles today. The 15th amendment was tantamount to fraud over the constitution. Through that amendment, people’s rights have been taken away,” he added.
On August 19, the High Court issued a ruling in which it asked whether the Constitution’s fifteenth amendment should not be ruled unlawful.
The Awami League-led government of the time enacted the 15th Amendment to the Bangladeshi Constitution on June 30, 2011.
This amendment increased the number of seats set aside for women in the National Parliament from 45 to 50 and eliminated the caretaker government system.
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