Revision move intends to remove the CG system, says Justice Rouf   

A News and Images report 

Dhaka, July 30:Former chief election commissioner, Justice Abdur Rouf, said on Friday it would not be  wise to amend the Constitution in the name of stopping further martial law in the country. 

He was addressing a roundtable on ‘Democracy and Rule of Law’ at the National Press Club in the city.

He also alleged that the constitution amendment move was intended to remove the Caretaker Government system from the constitution. 

Supreme Court Bar Association president Khondokar Mahabub Hossain said that the government had made the judiciary free only on paper. It would not be possible to establish democracy and rule of law in the country only by formulating law. It needed a change of mentality, Mahabub added further. 

Speaking on the same occasion, journalist Atuas Samad said whether democracy would existed or not would depend on the mentality of the ruling government and the people of the country. 

Film director Chashi Nazrul Islam was also present on the occasion.  

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