The National Consensus Commission has concluded its eight-and-a-half-month mission to bring parties together around a package of state-reform recommendations. The Consensus Commission concluded its journey on Friday, alongside politicians of various ideologies, by submitting a set of proposals for the implementation of the National July Charter. Badiul Alam Majumdar, a member of the commission and head of the Electoral System Reform Commission, wants to view the Consensus Commission's “bittersweet” journey as a “historic milestone”. “The Consensus Commission can make recommendations, but the government is not bound to accept their decision. Commenting that a political division has already occurred, he said: "A clear division has occurred.
