After the mass uprising, the BNP stood by the office of the
president, not by Mohammad Shahabuddin, in order to avoid a constitutional
crisis. Since the mass uprising or revolution led to the departure of almost
all those holding constitutional offices in the country, a constitutional
vacuum emerged everywhere. There had to be at least one way out of that
situation. In that context, it was important to maintain the office of the
president for constitutional continuity and constitutional ne...
