Search committee working to form another 'obedient' EC: BNP

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi today alleged that the search committee is working to form another Election Commission (EC) 'obedient' to the government like the outgoing one.

"The search committee has got a list of 322 people conducting their search. The point is that those who go to the Election Commission will be highly qualified and competent people.They're approached (by the authorities concerned) and then they give their consent," he said.

Speaking at a discussion, the BNP leader said many people are now going to the search committee to be the Election Commissioners and the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) driven by emotion.

"If these people come to the Election Commission, we can easily understand what will be the consequences of democracy, voting and elections in the country then?,” he said.

Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Projonmo 71, a pro-BNP platform, arranged the programme at the Jatiya Press Club, demanding a polls-time neutral government to hold the next general election in a fair and credible manner.

Rizvi said the search committee has been working to form a commission that will be worse than the outgoing KM Nurul Huda-led EC.

"The previous search committee found one Huda (KM Nurul Huda). The search committee this time will find a another person worse than Huda. The elections of vote robbery, capturing polling stations, the elections without contest and the elections at night were held under the Huda-led Commission," he said.

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