News Desk :
President Abdul Hamid on Wednesday started a dialogue with the leaders of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Inu) at Bangabhaban as he continues talks with political parties on the formation of the next Election Commission, reports UNB.
The dialogue, the second in the series, started at 4:20 pm, President’s Press Secretary Joynal Abedin told UNB.
The current tenure of the EC is scheduled to expire on February 14 next.
The President opened the dialogue on Monday with Jatiya Party (JaPa), the main opposition party in Parliament.
The eight-member JaPa delegation was led by its chairman GM Quader.
Bangladesh National Awami Party (NAP) has been invited to hold the dialogue at 4pm on December 26 while Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) will meet the President at 6pm the same day, Abedin said.
Bangladesh Tarikat Federation and Khelafat Majlish will participate in the discussion at 4 pm and 6 pm on December 27 respectively while Workers’ Party of Bangladesh is scheduled to join it on December 28 at 4pm. On December 29, Bangladesh Nationalist Front (BNF) was invited to hold the dialogue at 4pm while Islami Oikya Jote exchange
will exchange their views with the President at 6pm on the same day.
Now there are 39 registered political parties, according to the EC website. But only nine parties have representation in Parliament.
The nine parties are Bangladesh Awami League, Jatiya Party, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Workers Party of Bangladesh, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-Jasod, Bikalpadhara Bangladesh, Ganoforum, Bangladesh Tarikat Federation and Jatiya Party-JP.
Meanwhile, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal told President Abdul Hamid on Wednesday that there should be a clear law to follow when forming election commission as per the constitution.
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal made the call while attending the President’s dialogue on the formation of the election commission
“We believe that the process of forming a search committee for the election commission formation should be specific and permanent. A law should be enacted regarding election commission formation so all controversies regarding the election can be avoided,” the party said.
President Abdul Hamid decided to sit down with political parties for dialogues over the formation of a new Election Commission. He opened the dialogue on Monday with Jatiya Party (JaPa), the main opposition in the parliament. Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal is the second political party to join the dialogue.
A seven-member delegation led by Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal President Hasanul Haq Inu joined the talks at Bangabhaban around 4 pm on Wednesday. The delegation included General Secretary Shirin Akhter, acting president Advocate Rabiul Alam, Co-President Mir Hossain Akhter, Standing Committee Members Mosharraf Hossain, Advocate Shah Zikrul Ahmed and Rezaul Karim Tansen.
In a press briefing with reporters after the dialogue, Hasanul Haque Inu said that although the constitution called for the enactment of a specific law for the formation of election bodies, unfortunately the law has not been enacted yet.
Therefore, the political party called on the President to enact legislation, he said.
