Dhaka, June 29 -- Vice Chairman of the National Consensus Commission on Sunday asked the political parties, those who oppose the formation of the proposed appointment committee for the constitutional and statutory institutions, to reconsider their stance for the sake of building an accountable state.

"We hope those parties who have not yet agreed on the formation of such a committee will review their position, and that we can reach a solution through further discussions," he told a press briefing at the Foreign Service Academy in the capital after the seventh day of the Commission's second-round talks.

BNP opposed the proposed appointment committee arguing that it has no accountability and would lead to an imbalanced situation in the co...