The Interim Government’s Reluctance Toward Reform in the Formulation of Ordinances

Published: 12 January 2026

The authoritarian government fell through unprecedented bloodshed and sacrifice during the anti discrimination movement, leading to the formation of the interim government on 8 August 2024. The core expectation of the students and people involved in the movement from this government is to create a state structure and environment suitable for building a transparent, accountable, corruption free, and non discriminatory ‘New Bangladesh’. In the meantime, the interim government has taken various institutional and legal reform initiatives to establish good governance, democracy, and social justice through state reform and to prevent the recurrence of authoritarian and fascistic rule. As part of this, a total of 101 ordinances have already been issued.

As part of its supportive role in state reform activities, TIB has been consistently providing various reform proposals, reviews of draft laws, and specific recommendations. However, it has been observed that logical recommendations provided by various stakeholders, including reform commissions, have been ignored in the formulation of laws crucial for ensuring good governance. TIB has expressed its concern and position on this matter through various media at different times. In continuation of that, TIB has reviewed the types of deficiencies in legal reforms for several important state institutions and their impacts. These include the Anti Corruption Commission, Police Commission, Human Rights Commission, Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General, National Board of Revenue, Cyber Security, Personal Data Protection, and National Data Management, etc.

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