Leader of the student movement Nahid announced that they have provided a list including the names of the final fifteen members of the temporary government. Members of civil society and representatives of students are on the list. It will soon be finalized by talking about this list with different political parties.
It has been decided to name Dr. Muhammad Yunus, an economist and Nobel winner, to lead the nation’s next interim administration.
The decision was reached during a meeting held on Tuesday night in Bangabhaban by President Mohammed Shahabuddin, the heads of the three services, and the organizers of Students Against Discrimination.
Joynal Abedin, the president’s press secretary, gave Prothom Alo this information’s confirmation.
Yesterday evening at 6:00 p.m., a group of fifteen SAD coordinators, who spearheaded the effort to revise the job quota, traveled to Bangabhaban. About 7:30 p.m., the commanders of the three armies arrived in Bangabhaban.
Following an extensive conference with the president, leaders of the three forces, and student movement organizers, it was decided to establish an interim administration led by Muhammad Yunus.
Around one and a half hours after the meeting, coordinator Nahid Islam left Bangabhaban and addressed the media on behalf of the SAD coordinators.
He claimed that the president had accepted their suggestion for Dr. Muhammad Yunus to lead the transitional administration.
Nahid went on to say that they had provided a list including the names of the final fifteen members of the temporary administration. Members of civil society and representatives of students are on the list. This list will shortly be finalized through discussions with different political parties.
He hoped that the temporary administration would be formed as soon as possible, ideally in less than a day.
Asif Nazrul, a lecturer at Dhaka University, told the reporters, “We are going to form this government in an unusual situation.” There are now several options to grant the interim administration constitutional legitimacy. There are guidelines, and we shall abide by them.
He added that no decision has been made on the temporary government’s term.
Attending the discussion at Bangabhaban was Professor Tanzimuddin Khan from the Department of International Relations at Dhaka University.
Leaders of the student movement suggested Dr. Muhammad Yunus to lead the temporary government earlier on Tuesday morning in a video message.
According to official sources, Dr. Muhammad Yunus may assume leadership of the temporary administration on Wednesday, Thursday, or today.
But for the past two days, there has been essentially no government in the nation following the overthrow of Sheikh Hasina’s administration. As a result, Dhaka and the rest of the nation are experiencing an unstable atmosphere.
In order to stabilize the situation, the agitated students and leaders of several political groups, such as the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, demanded that an interim administration be formed as soon as possible.
There is a consensus on Dr. Yunus, according to sources located in a number of parties, including the BNP, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Ganatantra Mancha, and other parties and alliances that met with the president and heads of three services on Monday.
The students suggested Dr. Muhammad Yunus’ name, and BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir told Prothom Alo on Tuesday that the selection was up for debate.
Dr. Yunus is prepared to lead
Muhammad Yunus will lead the transitional government, the Yunus Center told the media on Tuesday.
“How can I refuse when the students who sacrificed so much are asking me to step in at this difficult juncture?” Dr. Yunus remarked in an interview with the BBC.
At the moment, Dr. Yunus is in Paris. He’ll probably be coming back to the nation either today or tomorrow. Then he may become the leader of the provisional administration. Whether he would take over at that point or later was not decided, though.
The number of individuals that would make up the temporary administration is a subject of much conjecture among the populace and in the political sphere. Social media has also seen the growth of such lists. But no truth turned up.
Different party leaders claim that since Dr. Muhammad Yunus will become the next head of state, they would require his input on the other members of the cabinet.
There is talk about a particular role for the organizers of the quota reform campaign. The army’s viewpoints will also be taken into consideration.
Who could make up the government?
The president and the heads of three services met with leaders of different political parties on Monday, including the BNP, Jatiya Party, Jamaat-e-Islami, Islami Andolan, and Ganatantra Mancha. These conversations took place across two rounds.
According to sources close to the parties, the interim administration may consist of businesspeople, academics, attorneys, civil society activists, and former military and civilian bureaucrats.
To yet, neither the president nor the army chief have conferred with the allies of the Bangladesh Awami League over the temporary government.
2011 saw the removal of the caretaker government system from the constitution.
Formerly, the head of the temporary administration that oversaw the parliamentary election would take office as chief adviser, with additional officials serving as advisors. This time, too, that framework might be adhered to.
There is currently no elected official in the nation as the president dissolved the legislature on Tuesday. This will lead to the formation of a new government with an unelected head.
Sheikh Hasina, the president of the Awami League, resigned as prime minister earlier on Monday afternoon and departed the nation. This put a stop to her 15-and-a-half-year reign. She is in Delhi, India, right now.
