EC Formation: President talks to 2 more parties
President Abdul Hamid yesterday held dialogues with Bangladesher Samyabadi Dal (M-L) (BSD) and Bangladesh National Awami Party at Bangabhaban on formation of the next Election Commission (EC).
Meanwhile, Law Minister Anisul Huq said the ministry's legislative division can quickly prepare a draft law for constituting the EC if the president gives the order.
He was talking to journalists after the inaugural of a training course for the lower court judges at the capital's Judicial Administrators Training Centre.
BSD placed a nine-point proposal. One was for promulgating an ordinance, if necessary, to enact the law in line with the constitution where there will be a constitutional council comprising the prime minister, opposition leader, Speaker, chief justice and attorney general.
The council will propose names to the president for his consideration to appoint CEC and election commissioners.
“We have also proposed that the president may convene a parliament session on emergency basis to enact the law,” BSD General Secretary Dilip Barua told journalists.
The left-leaning party also proposed appointing at least two women as election commissioners.
It suggested that the president forms a seven-member search committee comprising the chief election commissioner, representative of the chief justice, anti-corruption commission chairman, public service commission chairman, comptroller and auditor general, a media representative and an educationalist.
Dilip Barua said Abdul Hamid assured trying his best to form a strong EC through dialogues with political parties.
The BNAP delegation was led by its Executive President Amina Ahmed MP.
She said they told the president that the country did not see any strong and fair EC since independence.
“We also told the president that no law was enacted in line with the constitution in the last 45 years to form the election commission. We have fervently requested the president to take measures to formulate the law,” she said.
The party also proposed to make the EC independent so that it can work without any interference of the executive.
LAW MINISTER
Anisul said the government would send a letter to the SC requesting to review its directive to relocate the International Crimes Tribunal from the old High Court building if the SC again sends a letter on it.
The SC has sent two letters last August and December for the relocation but the ministry requested reconsidering the directives.
Anisul said the government would formulate a law this year for appointing HC judges.
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