We welcome the government’s move

The proclamation of July 'revolution' had perturbed political quarters when it was announced on Saturday for the first time.
Leaders of Students Against Discrimination, who spearheaded the campaign that toppled Hasina's regime, said it was 'now or never' and wanted to 'bury the constitution of 1972' which they tagged as Mujibist. The Jatiya Nagorik Committee, a civic platform, also joined the rhetoric calling for a mass rally at Shaheed Minar.
On Sunday, the chief adviser's press secretary announced that this proclamation was a private initiative and that the government had nothing to do with it. This did not calm fraying nerves, however, and speculations ran wild about what the students actually wanted to achieve with this proclamation. It almost appeared that the students were about to undermine the authority of a government that people had installed.
Last evening, within a day of saying it was a private initiative, the same government official told the press that the government would announce a proclamation of the uprising—not revolution as the students had said, but uprising—within a few days. This has, at least for now, taken the steam out of the students' call for the rally and diffused the tension.
However, this latest move also confirms general apprehension of uncertainty about the government's position. It is unlikely that the recent decision was the outcome of a full cabinet meeting, where it was duly deliberated. When reports of the six vital commissions are due within weeks on the very topics the 'proclamation' wanted to address, the rationale of the whole event goes beyond one's understanding.
Going into the new year, it would be relieving for the general public to hear the government explain the purpose of this proclamation and what it would achieve almost five months after the deed was done.
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