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| Maudud Ahmed |
A senior BNP leader has said the government proposal to sit for discussion on caretaker government issue cannot be accepted.
"Since the special parliamentary committee has suggested scrapping the [caretaker] system, while the government, on the other hand, asks for discussion, it's contradictory," party's standing committee member Moudud Ahmed said on Tuesday.
"Such a proposal is not acceptable," he stressed and demanded to retain the system.
He was speaking at a discussion on "Democracy and Human Rights" at the National Press Club, organised by Nagorik Forum, a pro-BNP organisation.
Earlier in the day, party secretary-general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir blamed the prime minister for closing the doors of discussion by saying, "there is no way to retain the caretaker government system".
"There's no way for talks unless the government changes its decision to repeal the caretaker provision," Fakhrul added.
The former law minister also aleged that the special panel did not consider the suggestions given by former Supreme Court judges, legal experts, party representatives, newspaper editors and dignitaries.
"Those 27 meetings the special committee held were an eye-wash," he said adding, that it was why BNP did not join the talks.
Moudud said all the 51 recommendations made were done 'in line with the directions given by the prime minister'.
NO CONFIDENCE IN EC
Moudud also questioned the legality of the Election Commission calling for dialogues with political parties.
"Who gave the Election Commission the responsibility to hold dialogues only six to seven months before its term expires?"
About EC's dialogue with the BNP set for June 13, he said the decision would come from the party forum.
He demanded that the next EC take initiatives for such talks about polls.
EX-CJ NOT QUALIFIED AS CG HEAD
In his speech, Moudud also claimed that former chief justice A B M Khairul Haque was not fit to be the next caretaker government head.
Three points that the former cabinet member of the ousted military ruler H M Ershad cited to justify his claim were – Haque created constitutional crisis by dissecting it, he took Tk 1 million from the prime minister's relief fund and that he worked to implement the government's agenda.
Party chief Khaleda Zia and several other senior top leaders have also spoken against Haque becoming the next interim administration chief.
Source : bdnews24.com, June 07, 2011, Tuesday
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"Since the special parliamentary committee has suggested scrapping the [caretaker] system, while the government, on the other hand, asks for discussion, it's contradictory," party's standing committee member Moudud Ahmed said on Tuesday.
"Such a proposal is not acceptable," he stressed and demanded to retain the system.
He was speaking at a discussion on "Democracy and Human Rights" at the National Press Club, organised by Nagorik Forum, a pro-BNP organisation.
Earlier in the day, party secretary-general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir blamed the prime minister for closing the doors of discussion by saying, "there is no way to retain the caretaker government system".
"There's no way for talks unless the government changes its decision to repeal the caretaker provision," Fakhrul added.
The former law minister also aleged that the special panel did not consider the suggestions given by former Supreme Court judges, legal experts, party representatives, newspaper editors and dignitaries.
"Those 27 meetings the special committee held were an eye-wash," he said adding, that it was why BNP did not join the talks.
Moudud said all the 51 recommendations made were done 'in line with the directions given by the prime minister'.
NO CONFIDENCE IN EC
Moudud also questioned the legality of the Election Commission calling for dialogues with political parties.
"Who gave the Election Commission the responsibility to hold dialogues only six to seven months before its term expires?"
About EC's dialogue with the BNP set for June 13, he said the decision would come from the party forum.
He demanded that the next EC take initiatives for such talks about polls.
EX-CJ NOT QUALIFIED AS CG HEAD
In his speech, Moudud also claimed that former chief justice A B M Khairul Haque was not fit to be the next caretaker government head.
Three points that the former cabinet member of the ousted military ruler H M Ershad cited to justify his claim were – Haque created constitutional crisis by dissecting it, he took Tk 1 million from the prime minister's relief fund and that he worked to implement the government's agenda.
Party chief Khaleda Zia and several other senior top leaders have also spoken against Haque becoming the next interim administration chief.
Source : bdnews24.com, June 07, 2011, Tuesday
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