Don't empower JS without consulting experts, stakeholders

Bangladesh Ganotantrik Ainjibi Samity, a forum of lawyers outside the traditional realm of leanings towards Awami League, BNP, or Jamaat, yesterday urged the government not to amend the constitution restoring power of the parliament to impeach Supreme Court judges, without holding discussions with legal experts and stakeholders.
The independence of the judiciary will be damaged, if the bill of the proposed amendment is passed in parliament, the Samity President Subrata Chowdhury told a press briefing at the Supreme Court Bar Association. He demanded that the government restore the original constitution of 1972 incorporating the provision for secularism. Subrata said the forum did not support the committee proposed by the SCBA president to “protect the independence of the judiciary”.
At a meeting organised by the samity on September 9, SCBA President Khandker Mahbub Hossain proposed forming the committee with Dr Kamal Hossain as head.