According to the Constitution, the Prime Minister can appoint persons who are not members of Parliament as members of the Cabinet. However, the condition is that technocrat ministers cannot exceed one-tenth of the total number of cabinet members.
This time, apart from Aminur Rashid, two more people have been included in the cabinet from the technocrat quota. Among these, Khalilur Rahman has been appointed full minister and Aminul Haq has been appointed minister of state. Khalilur Rahman has been given the charge of the important Foreign Ministry. He most recently served as the High Representative, Chief Adviser on the Rohingya issue and priority matters, at the beginning of the interim government. He was later appointed National Security Advisor. He was considered highly influential in the interim government. There is a lot of speculation regarding his appointment as a minister in the new government.
Shama Obaid Islam has been appointed as the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. Former footballer Aminul Haq has been made Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth and Sports. However, no full minister has been appointed to this ministry, meaning Aminul will effectively be carrying out the responsibilities of a minister.
According to analysts, the new cabinet has accepted a different kind of challenge by handing over key ministries to new people. Now their success will depend on how effectively they are able to coordinate and execute their responsibilities.
Writer and political analyst Mohiuddin Ahmed told Prothom Alo that many members of the current Parliament are new and the Prime Minister is also new. There is no inherent problem in being new, he said, as many experienced celebrities in the past also failed to display the expected level of ability. Only time will tell how effectively the people who have been assigned different ministries in the new government will be able to play their roles.