Law Minister Anisul Haq said the proposal of amending the constitution in a bid to disqualify the war criminals to seek presidential clemency would soon be placed before the policy-makers.
He said: “To me, it is disappointing to allow the convicted war criminals to seek presidential mercy. It will be injustice to the entire trial procedure.”
“The decision on whether the process of appealing for mercy will be stopped either by amending the law or the constitution, will be taken later.”
The minister made the statement while talking to journalists on Sunday afternoon, immediately after a faction of Gonojagoron Moncho led by Imran H Sarker, handed a three-point memorandum to the ministry.
In the memo, the Moncho faction urged the ministry to take quick steps to allow the state to file a review petition against the appeal verdict of war criminal Delawar Hossain Sayedee, amend the constitution to disqualify the war criminals from seeking Presidential clemency and amending the ICT act to try Jamaat-e-Islami.
Mentioning that the government is still unaware about the details of the Sayedee appeal verdict, the minister said: “We are yet to get the copy of the verdict. No decision can be taken over the issue before getting the full text of the verdict.”
Regarding the issue of trying Jamaat-e-Islami, the minister said: “The proposal of amending the ICT act will be placed before the cabinet on November 3. The decision will come after the meeting.”