Dhaka, June 19 -- The National Citizen Party (NCP) and the National Consensus Commission have expressed disappointment after the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Gono Forum opposed the proposed formation of the National Constitutional Council (NCC).

The BNP and Gono Forum said the NCC, a body aimed at overseeing appointments to key state institutions, would create "another authoritarian institution" and "lack accountability".

The comments were made on Wednesday during the third day of the second phase of the Consensus Commission's dialogue with political parties at the Foreign Service Academy.

Following the meeting, the commission Vice-Chairman Ali Riaz said: "When we discussed the NCC, we found that while some parties had policy diffe...