Interim govt can be transformed into caretaker govt: Attorney general

The current interim government can be transformed into an election time caretaker government, Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman said today (17 December).

He made the remark while responding to a question from reporters at his office in the Supreme Court after the High Court repealed sections of the constitution's 15th Amendment that abolished the caretaker government system.

"This [interim] government can be renamed as a caretaker government. For example, when the district and sessions judge conducts a civil case, he is called a district judge, and when the same person conducts a criminal case, he is called a sessions judge. Similarly, when the people of this interim government move to the caretaker government system, they will be the caretaker government. There is no room for constitutional conflict in this."

In response to another question from reporters, the attorney general said there is a possibility of going back to the caretaker government system through today's High Court verdict, bypassing the review pending in the Appellate Division on the 13th Amendment case. 

"The 13th Amendment has two parts. One is on whether the caretaker government is legal or illegal. In this part, four judges say it is illegal, three say it is legal. Then again, in the second part, all the judges said the next election will be under the caretaker government. Before they said that the next election will be under the caretaker government, the 15th Amendment came into effect. Then it will be assumed that that judgment is effective. Then the attention of the Appellate Division will not be required for the next two elections. That is, we do not have to wait for the review verdict of the 13th Amendment pending in the Appellate Division."