Bringing AL to power again will be the aim of next EC: BNP

Just like the outgoing fee, bringing the Awami League (AL) to energy once more will even be the goal of the following Election Fee (EC) which can be shaped on the advice of the newly-formed search committee.

BNP Secretary Normal Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir mentioned this at a press convention on the BNP chairperson’s Gulshan workplace within the capital on Tuesday afternoon.

The press convention was held to tell the media concerning the choices made on the occasion’s standing committee assembly on Monday. BNP standing committee members Gayeshwar Chandra Roy and Iqbal Hasan Mahmud have been additionally current on the press convention.

The BNP secretary-general mentioned the standing committee members suppose that the following EC shaped by this search committee will be unable to carry a free, honest and acceptable election as all of the members of the committee are immediately or not directly concerned with the AL.

Fakhrul mentioned Justice Obaidul Hasan, head of the search committee, was the vice-president of Chhatra League’s central committee. His youthful brother Sajjadul Hasan was the personal secretary of the PM. Muhammad Sohul Hossain sought AL’s nomination earlier than the 2018 nationwide election. All the opposite members together with Justice SM Quddus Zaman and Public Service Fee Chairman Sohrab Hossain are additionally related to AL politics in varied methods.

In reply to a question over how one can maintain a free and honest election, the BNP chief mentioned, “We’ve mentioned hundreds of instances that due to the current political tradition in Bangladesh, it’s not potential to carry a free and honest election and not using a caretaker authorities. The Awami League consciously abolished the caretaker authorities system which was within the structure to deliver the electoral system beneath a celebration authorities.”

Mirza Fakhrul Islam additional mentioned, “In the present day, the EC is just not solely failing however they’re additionally concerned in corruption. It’s unbelievable that they purchased EVMs from India at a value which is 11 instances greater than the precise value.”

In reply to a question over how one can get a impartial EC, Gayeshwar Chandra Roy mentioned, “This parliament needs to be dissolved to pave the best way for a impartial authorities. They’ll kind the EC and prepare for a good election.”