PM's intervention demanded

The Reformation Action Council of the Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) yesterday demanded Prime Minister's intervention to solve the problems created in the FBCCI election.

They also demanded immediate implementation of high court verdict issued on December 30 last year, which directed the commerce secretary and the FBCCI authority to hold election according to its rules and regulations without making any changes.

Ignoring the high court verdict, the commerce ministry issued a statutory regulatory order (SRO) on December 31 last year to hold the election according to the ministry order made earlier.

The ministry order issued on July 31 last year directed FBCCI authority to fill those top posts from the FBCCI directors. Of those directors, fourteen would come through nomination instead of election.

The leaders of the council made the demand at a press conference at the federation office in the city.

Convenor of the council Md Helal Uddin Helal read out a written statement at the conference attended by Delwar Hossain, Abu Motaleb, Amir Hossain Khan, Dewan Sultan, M Saiful Islam, Hazi Harun, Anisur Rahman Badsha and Joynal Abedin.

They said that the direct election system would make the voting more transparent and ensure accountability of the candidates.