The Office of the Chief Adviser sought the views of the political parties and their stakeholders through letters on the July Declaration. It has been mentioned that there will be an opportunity to give this opinion till January 23 (Thursday). A small message in this regard has been sent to the media from the Press Wing of the Chief Adviser on Saturday.
It is said – 'Opinions are being taken from all parties, including the political parties that participated in the mass uprising, as a next course of action after the all-party dialogue on the July Declaration.'
The address is mentioned, 'Your well-considered opinion can be sent by letter to – Mahfuz Alam, Adviser, Office of the Chief Adviser. You can give your opinion by letter till next 23rd January.'
It further said, 'A revised and inclusive manifesto will be prepared after reviewing these views and will be announced soon in the presence of the people.'
Before this, the chief adviser on the declaration of July mass coup. An all-party meeting was held at the Foreign Service Academy on Thursday afternoon under the leadership of Muhammad Yunus. The representatives of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Jamaat-e-Islami, Islami Andolan, Democracy Manch, Khilafat Majlis and Public Rights Parishad (one group), State Reform Movement, JSD, Basad (Marxist) and National People's Front were present in the meeting.
Earlier on January 10, Mahfuz Alam said that the government will not issue the declaration. The government is facilitating the declaration process. The declaration will come on the basis of everyone's consensus.
The anti-discrimination student movement and the National Citizens Committee wanted to publish the declaration of the July mass uprising at the central Shaheed Minar of Dhaka on December 31. Various discussions were made in the political arena of the country about this declaration. Questions were raised from various quarters as to why the issue of the declaration was suddenly brought forward and what its impact could be. The press wing of the interim government then stated that the government was not involved in the initiative.
Later, in an emergency press briefing on the night of December 30, Chief Adviser's press secretary Shafiqul Alam said that the interim government has taken the initiative to prepare a declaration of July mass coup based on national consensus.
The Anti-Discrimination Student Movement and the National Citizens' Committee met that night and gave the interim government until January 15 to publish the July Manifesto. Later they distributed leaflets and public relations to create public opinion.
