Staff Reporter :
BNP-led 20 party alliance has expressed frustration over the formation of the new Election Commission (EC) as the commission was constituted to serve the ruling party’s political ambition.
As it has failed to meet the expectation of the other political parties except Awami League, holding a free, fair and credible election under the new commission would be a far cry, it said.
“The chief election commissioner and commissioners have been appointed as part of desire from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. So, they would not perform impartially and a partial EC cannot hold a credible poll,” said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. He came up with the statement while giving the alliance’s formal reaction over the newly formed Election Commission after a meeting at the party chairperson’s office at Gulshan on Tuesday night.
Raising question over the newly appointed CEC’s previous rerecord, Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said, “He (Nurul Huda) is a conterversial personality and affiliated with a political party. So he may not perform his duty impartially and neutrally. We are frustrated seeing such a person has been appointed as the CEC.”
He alleged that this new EC has been constituted with a view to serving the interest of the ruling, not the oppositions.
When asked, he said we are not rejecting the commission outright but we are frustrated.
