People don't accept EC formation law: Fakhrul
27 January 2022, 07:56 pm | Updated: 22 November 2024, 04:08 am
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said that his party as well as the people do not accept the “Appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners Bill-2022", passed in parliament as a law.
"We don’t accept the bill on the Election Commission. This bill is not only acceptable to us, but also to the people of the country. No one will abide by the bill as it’s not acceptable to people,” said Mirza Fakhrul.
Speaking at a discussion, he also said the current parliament has no moral rights and jurisdiction to pass such a bill since it was not elected with people’s votes.
BNP’s Dhaka north and south city units jointly arranged the programme at the Jatiya Press Club marking January 25 as ‘Baksal and black day of annihilating democracy, commemorating the introduction of one-party rule in the country on this day in 1975.
Earlier in the day, parliament passed the Bill by voice votes to ensure a legal framework for selecting the chief election commissioner and other election commissioners.
