NCP’s ‘Demand’ to Abolish Four Fundamental Principles of 1972 Constitution

News Report

The National Citizen’s Party (NCP) has expressed its ‘demand’ to abolish the four fundamental principles—nationalism, socialism, democracy, and secularism—included in the 1972 Constitution.

This was stated by NCP’s Joint Convener Javed Rasin after a meeting of political parties with the National Consensus Commission on Sunday, June 22.

He said, “A proposal by the Constitution Reform Commission suggested including equality, human dignity, social justice, and democracy as the four fundamental principles. However, disagreements have emerged among political parties on this issue. We have clearly stated that we do not support the four Mujibist principles of 1972. These must be removed.”

He further added, “Some political parties still disagree on removing these principles. But we have said that any discussion going against the spirit of August 5 will not be fruitful. Therefore, we are in favor of removing the four principles of 1972 and including other proposed principles instead.”

NCP’s Senior Joint Secretary-General Tasnim Zarao said, “Under the current system, there is a need to limit the tenure of the prime minister. Discussions have taken place—that an individual should take the oath as prime minister a maximum of two times. Although a proposal has been made in the discussions to set the maximum tenure at 10 years, our stance on this issue will remain flexible.”

She also mentioned that the party is actively participating in the discussion process regarding constitutional reform and aims to move forward with a constructive position in the interest of building national consensus.