In an opinion article published by Amar Desh on August 5, 2026, Faez Ahmad Taiyeb argues that the demands behind the July uprising remain unmet two years later. The article says at least 1,400 people were killed and more than 20,000 were injured during the uprising. It contends that while power has changed hands, the state’s underlying structure and governing arrangements have not.

The writer says reform commissions, recommendations and 133 ordinances followed the uprising, but key provisions on protection from enforced disappearance, human rights, an independent higher judiciary and judicial appointments were dropped in the elected parliament. He argues that constitutional concentration of authority over the executive, legislature and judiciary in the prime minister’s office creates the basis for authoritarianism.

The article advocates constitutional reform through a referendum or constituent assembly, stronger separation of powers, decentralisation and independent state institutions including Bangladesh Bank, the Election Commission, courts and the Anti-Corruption Commission. It also calls for roles by political parties, the military, bureaucracy, media and civil society, alongside education reform, quality employment, inflation control, loan recovery and restoration of omitted ordinances.