Reza Mahmud :
BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia will propose the format of next Election Commission and a neutral EC to hold a fair, free and participatory Parliament polls, said a party leader.
“The BNP Chief will raise an important proposal to form a neutral and acceptable EC for all. We will discuss the matter at
our standing committee meeting,” said Lieutenant General (Rtd) Mahbubur Rahman, Standing Committee Member of the BNP, to The New Nation on Thursday night before start of the meeting.
BNP Chief would address media on Friday at 4pm at Hotel Westin in the capital, Shairul Kabir Khan, a member of the BNP Chairperson’s media wing disclosed it.
Sources said, the BNP wants to present itself in the formation of the next EC. They think that as a stakeholder, the BNP has say in the formation of the Election Commission.
As a part of strategy the BNP planned to put forward their demand to amend the Constitution by incorporating interim government formula during election time.
General (rtd) Mahbubur Rahman said, “Without forming an independent and resolute EC, there will be no acceptable election. In this regards, we are advocating for totally neutral EC.”
The tenure of the current Election Commissioners including the Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad will expire in February next year.
The BNP labelled the current EC’s as subservient to the government. The BNP leaders argue that all the elections under this EC were unacceptable.
“They played nakedly for the ruling party nominated candidates. The people of the country want to end of this practice. We also want that,” BNP Joint-General Secretary Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal told The New Nation. The party insiders said, the BNP high-ups have planned to stay away from the street oriented movements for strategic reason. They planned to play vital role to push the government towards a fair election without hard-core agitations in the streets.
The party Chief wants to restructure the party’s grassroots level before taking streets demanding a fresh election. On the other hand, the party high command also fears about the bad image of petrol bomb attacks during the past nonstop movement.
In addition, huge leaders and activists of the party across the country have been jailed. Many of them are facing numbers of cases. Even after long period they have not been relieved from the cases.
In this circumstances the BNP stressed on dialogue to the government. In recent days, senior leaders of the party including the party Chief Begum Khaleda Zia asked the government to sit with them.
“Our party does not want to make worst situation in the country. We want to observe peaceful programmes. The BNP always puts forward the demands to hold fresh Parliament election under non-partisan EC and interim government,” said one of the senior leaders.
BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia will propose the format of next Election Commission and a neutral EC to hold a fair, free and participatory Parliament polls, said a party leader.
“The BNP Chief will raise an important proposal to form a neutral and acceptable EC for all. We will discuss the matter at
our standing committee meeting,” said Lieutenant General (Rtd) Mahbubur Rahman, Standing Committee Member of the BNP, to The New Nation on Thursday night before start of the meeting.
BNP Chief would address media on Friday at 4pm at Hotel Westin in the capital, Shairul Kabir Khan, a member of the BNP Chairperson’s media wing disclosed it.
Sources said, the BNP wants to present itself in the formation of the next EC. They think that as a stakeholder, the BNP has say in the formation of the Election Commission.
As a part of strategy the BNP planned to put forward their demand to amend the Constitution by incorporating interim government formula during election time.
General (rtd) Mahbubur Rahman said, “Without forming an independent and resolute EC, there will be no acceptable election. In this regards, we are advocating for totally neutral EC.”
The tenure of the current Election Commissioners including the Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad will expire in February next year.
The BNP labelled the current EC’s as subservient to the government. The BNP leaders argue that all the elections under this EC were unacceptable.
“They played nakedly for the ruling party nominated candidates. The people of the country want to end of this practice. We also want that,” BNP Joint-General Secretary Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal told The New Nation. The party insiders said, the BNP high-ups have planned to stay away from the street oriented movements for strategic reason. They planned to play vital role to push the government towards a fair election without hard-core agitations in the streets.
The party Chief wants to restructure the party’s grassroots level before taking streets demanding a fresh election. On the other hand, the party high command also fears about the bad image of petrol bomb attacks during the past nonstop movement.
In addition, huge leaders and activists of the party across the country have been jailed. Many of them are facing numbers of cases. Even after long period they have not been relieved from the cases.
In this circumstances the BNP stressed on dialogue to the government. In recent days, senior leaders of the party including the party Chief Begum Khaleda Zia asked the government to sit with them.
“Our party does not want to make worst situation in the country. We want to observe peaceful programmes. The BNP always puts forward the demands to hold fresh Parliament election under non-partisan EC and interim government,” said one of the senior leaders.
