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Download PDF Former Supreme Court judge Hamidul Huq Sunday said he neither declined nor expressed ‘incapability’ to head the caretaker government.
He said he was misquoted in some news reports on his letter to President Iajuddin Ahmed about an offer for the top job.
Justice Huq, in some opinion, is in the line of options offered by constitutional provisions. He is the last retiring Appellate Division judge if Chief Election Commissioner MA Aziz is taken off the list of options.
In a statement to bdnews24.com, he said some newspapers carried “partly misleading information” about his letter to the president. “I didn’t use words ‘incapability’ or ‘refusal’ in my letter.”
“What I said was, I will think about the offer if both parties agree on it.”
“I said I should not accept the offer as there were conflicting explanations of Article 58(C) of the constitution among different groups. I didn’t want to add to the debate,” he said.
According to Article 58(C) of the constitution, the president should assess the first option to appoint the immediate past chief justice to the caretaker government.
The second option is, if the immediate past chief justice is not available or not willing to hold the office, the president will appoint the person among former chief justices who retired before last.
If both options are exhausted, the president will weigh a third—that is, retired judges of the Appellate Division, Justice Huq said.
Opposition allies accepted the explanations and Awami League General Secretary Abdul Jalil made it clear in the media that Justice Mahmudul Amin Chowdhury was next for the caretaker job.
“If I accept the offer in that situation there will be a question mark on it,” Justice Huq said.
Source: BDNews24.com
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