Search Committee will be formed based on suggestions of the political parties, says the ruling party leader
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Publish : 21 Dec 2021, 08:34 PMUpdate : 02 Jan 2022, 03:12 PM
Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif has called upon Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to join dialogue over the formation of a new Election Commission (EC) responding to the call of the president.
"We are requesting BNP to respond to the call of the honorable president and place their opinion taking part in dialogue after stopping making falsehood and creating confusion," he said on Tuesday.
Hanif added: "If you (BNP) give good suggestions, the honorable president can definitely consider those."
The AL leader said while addressing the inaugural ceremony of a two-day event marking the birth centenary of Bangabandhu and the Golden Jubilee of the Liberation War and the country's independence arranged by cultural organisation Banglar Mukh at Jatiya Press Club.
He said the country's existing democratic process for reconstituting the EC is the best one and the president is holding dialogues with all political parties abiding by the process.
"A Search Committee will be formed as per the opinions and suggestions of the political parties which will recommend names for forming the EC. And EC will be formed through that process," he said, adding that this is a democratic way as well as the best process of forming the EC.
But BNP is making criticism over the process, he said.
The ruling party leader also questioned why the BNP had not formulated the Election Commission Act while in power. "The nation has not forgotten the stigmatized chapter created by the BNP in forming EC," Hanif said.
BNP had formed Aziz-like EC and formulated a voter's list by including 12 million fake voters, he said, adding: "BNP is now making falsehood over the election and the EC to hide their evil acts."
Banglar Mukh President Saiful Azam Bashar chaired the function while Bangladesh Shishu Academy Chairman Lucky Enam also spoke on the occasion.
Hanif urges BNP to join dialogue on EC formation
Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif has called upon Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to join dialogue over the formation of a new Election Commission (EC) responding to the call of the president.
"We are requesting BNP to respond to the call of the honorable president and place their opinion taking part in dialogue after stopping making falsehood and creating confusion," he said on Tuesday.
Hanif added: "If you (BNP) give good suggestions, the honorable president can definitely consider those."
The AL leader said while addressing the inaugural ceremony of a two-day event marking the birth centenary of Bangabandhu and the Golden Jubilee of the Liberation War and the country's independence arranged by cultural organisation Banglar Mukh at Jatiya Press Club.
He said the country's existing democratic process for reconstituting the EC is the best one and the president is holding dialogues with all political parties abiding by the process.
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"A Search Committee will be formed as per the opinions and suggestions of the political parties which will recommend names for forming the EC. And EC will be formed through that process," he said, adding that this is a democratic way as well as the best process of forming the EC.
But BNP is making criticism over the process, he said.
The ruling party leader also questioned why the BNP had not formulated the Election Commission Act while in power. "The nation has not forgotten the stigmatized chapter created by the BNP in forming EC," Hanif said.
BNP had formed Aziz-like EC and formulated a voter's list by including 12 million fake voters, he said, adding: "BNP is now making falsehood over the election and the EC to hide their evil acts."
Banglar Mukh President Saiful Azam Bashar chaired the function while Bangladesh Shishu Academy Chairman Lucky Enam also spoke on the occasion.
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