UNB :
President Abdul Hamid will start dialogue with registered political parties next week to discuss issues relating to the reconstitution of the Election Commission (EC).
“The President will hold dialogue with registered political parties before appointing the Chief Election Commissioner and commissioners. The dialogue will begin next week,” President’s Press Secretary Joynal Abedin told UNB on Tuesday.
The parties that have representation in Parliament will be invited first to join the talks.
bdnews24.com adds: President Abdul Hamid will open a dialogue with the political parties as early as next week on the formation of a new Election Commission.
The dialogue will begin on Dec 20, an official at the Bangabhaban told bdnews24.com on Tuesday.
The Jatiya Party will be the first to sit down with Hamid for the dialogue, according to the official.
Its Secretary General Mujibul Haque Chunnu said they were informed that the president will hold talks with the party on Monday. “We haven’t received a formal invitation yet.”
“An announcement on the matter will be made in due course,” said the president’s Press Secretary Joynal Abedin.
With the absence of a law to appoint election commissioners, the president had constituted the commission through a search committee after talks with the political parties several times in the past.
