Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Wednesday said that the interim government may start formal talks with political parties in February to reach a consensus over its reform initiatives.

“I think the talks with political parties could be started in the middle of February,” she said at a press briefing at the Foreign Service Academy after the submission of the reports of the four reform commissions.

Law Adviser Asif Nazrul said: “If the coronation works can be finished quickly, the formal talks with political parties can be opened in the first week of February.”

Earlier, the chiefs of four commissions — Constitutional Reform Commission, Electoral Reform Commission, Police Administration Reform Commission and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Reform Commission — submitted their reports to Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus at his office.

Source: UNB