BNP tries to make questionable initiative to enact EC law: Quader

Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said BNP leaders are deliberately making misleading remarks and spreading propaganda to make questionable the great initiative of formulating the long-cherished Election Commission (EC) law.

“An identified quarter, including the BNP, has engaged in their usual ill politics and is deliberately spreading propaganda to make the great initiative of enacting EC law questionable,” he said in a statement.

Quader said the country's eminent citizens and registered political parties have welcomed the initiative of enacting the new law in line with the Constitution, but BNP and its allies are trying to create confusion among the people by making misleading statements.

“On behalf of AL, I would like to thank all the stakeholders concerned for taking the initiative of enacting the EC law by the present government and approving the draft law in the cabinet responding to the demands of the registered political parties and eminent citizens of the society,” he added.

As per the parliamentary procedure, the AL leader said, the draft law will be placed in the House and subsequently sent to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs for scrutiny.

The standing committee will place the law in parliament in the form of recommendation while the law will be finalized through discussion in parliament as per parliamentary procedure, Quader said.

The AL general secretary said the main opposition party and the BNP lawmakers will get floor to take part in the discussion on the law in parliament.

In fact, the political stance of BNP, which was born in the womb of illegitimate seizure of power and dictatorship and run through a cycle of conspiracy, is always against the democratic norms and constitutional process, he said.

Since the BNP leaders have no clear idea about the law, they are throwing stones in the dark, Quader said, adding noting was hidden during enactment of this law. BSS.