Why this hurry?

More discussion should have been held before the bill was placed in parliament to restore its authority to impeach Supreme Court judges, said Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday.

“I don't understand why this constitutional amendment is being made at such a supersonic speed,” said Kamal, one of the framers of the constitution.

He was speaking at BBC Bangladesh Sanglap, a debate programme on current affairs, held at the capital's Biam Auditorium.

Kamal said that since the general public still lack faith in parliament's neutrality, there should have been more discussion on the proposed amendment.

Over the last 40 years, everything happened in parliament on political considerations, he added.

The government on September 7 placed a constitutional amendment bill to restore the Jatiya Sangsad's authority to impeach Supreme Court judges on grounds of misbehaviour or incapacity.