Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- The promise of rewriting Bangladesh's constitutional order has run into a familiar political fault line: agreement on the destination, but deep disagreement over the road to get there.

Both the government and opposition say the Constitution needs major changes. But while the BNP government wants to amend it through parliament under Article 142, the Jamaat-e-Islami-led opposition alliance insists that the verdict of the referendum be implemented through a separate Constitutional Reform Council.

The dispute reaches beyond procedure. It touches on the constitutional legitimacy of the post-July 2024 order, the authority of the interim government and the meaning of the public mandate delivered at the ballot box.

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