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Was It a Mistake to Preserve Constitutional Continuity After the 2024 Uprising?
The article argues that preserving constitutional continuity after Bangladesh’s 2024 uprising was the most practical and least risky option, as a revolutionary government lacked a clear leadership structure, legal basis and governing mechanism. However, the interim government’s maximum tenure, authority, accountability and binding reform obligations should have been clearly defined from the outset. The real failure was therefore not maintaining constitutional continuity, but failing to place the post-uprising reform agenda on firm legal and constitutional foundations.