Bangladesh interim government to unveil ‘july declaration’ on august 5
The Yunus govt. wants to give constitutional recognition to the student-led uprising that led to Hasina’s ouster; the plan has sparked debate among political parties — not only over the declaration’s content but over whether it should be legitimised.The Bangladesh interim government of Muhammad Yunus on Saturday said it would unveil on August 5 the “July Declaration”, coinciding with the first anniversary of the ouster of then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League regime.
“The interim government has finalised the draft of the July Declaration. It will be presented on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, before the nation,” Mr. Yunus’s press wing said.
The Yunus-led interim government wants to give constitutional recognition to the student-led uprising that took place last year in July-August, which led to the ouster of Sheikh Hasina. This recognition is known as the July Declaration.
Information adviser Mahfuj Alam, whom Mr. Yunus earlier called the “main brain” or the mastermind of what is dubbed the July uprising, meanwhile, said the much-anticipated July Declaration was now a “reality”.
The Students Against Discrimination (SAD) led last year’s violent campaign that eventually toppled the Awami League regime, prompting Ms. Hasina to flee the country on August 5, 2024. However, the idea for the July Declaration arose to SAD leaders by the end of December last year.
Mr. Yunus’s government initially preferred to distance itself from the move, calling it a “private initiative”, but in a surprise announcement later said the government itself would prepare the “proclamation of July uprising”.
The proponents of the declaration say it is aimed at “unifying the nation around last year’s core values of anti-fascism, democratic resurgence, and state reform” but it sparked debate among political parties — not only over its content alone but also over whether it should be granted constitutional status.
Former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury said there was no scope to bring any change in the political process outside parliament, which does not exist in the country.
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