The National Citizens Party (NCP) will sign the July Charter this evening at the state guesthouse Jamuna. The party confirmed the decision in a message on Monday, stating that the signing ceremony will take place at 6 p.m. The event follows earlier signings by the interim government’s chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and leaders of 25 political parties at the South Plaza of the National Parliament on October 17 of the previous year.

Before agreeing to sign, the NCP had expressed reservations about the July Charter and presented three specific demands in a press conference held the day before the signing. The party called for the publication of the implementation order draft before the ceremony, issuance of the order by the chief adviser in line with the “sovereign will of the people,” and recognition of the July uprising as the source of legitimacy. It also demanded a referendum on the 84 proposed reforms and stated that if the people supported the charter, the next elected parliament would amend the constitution accordingly, to be titled “Constitution of Bangladesh, 2026.”

The signing marks NCP’s formal alignment with the July Charter process after earlier hesitation regarding its legal foundation.