The Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Jasad) on Thursday said that reconstitution of the Election Commission, under which the next general elections would be conducted, would be a big political challenge.
'Reorganisation of the EC to make it acceptable to all will be a big political challenge amid continuing political conflict,' Hasanul Haque Inu, president of a faction of JSD, said during a dialogue with the EC.
The present Election Commission headed by ATM Shamsul Huda will complete its five-year tenure in February next year.
Inu proposed a five-member strong EC, including a female election commissioner, and said that formation of an acceptable EC was very important to shape it as an impartial and strong body.
The Jasad leader also suggested for holding one or two general elections under the caretaker government system until a strong Election Commission is formed.
The Jasad, a component of the ruling Awami League-led alliance, favoured introduction of electronic voting machine on condition of ensuring security of the data. 'We welcome EVM, but it should be introduced in phases by ensuring that data will be secure,' Inu told the dialogue.
Chief election commissioner ATM Shamsul Huda, election commissioners Muhammed Sohul Hussain and M Sakhawat Hussain, representatives from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory attended the dialogue.
Bangladesh Jammat-e-Islami, a component of the opposition BNP-led alliance, meanwhile, declined to attend the dialogue scheduled for Thursday evening.
Jamaat informed the Election Commission that it would not take part in the dialogue.
'The decision to boycott Thursday's dialogue was taken as many of our leaders and activists were arrested during the hartal. We have conveyed our decision to EC,' the party's law secretary Jasimuddin Sarkar told reporters on Thursday.
The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party has already said through a press conference that the party would not attend the dialogue.
source:NewAge
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