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Download PDF The BNP-led four-party alliance yesterday put its weight behind the chief election commissioner (CEC) and decided to urge Chief Adviser to Caretaker Government Iajuddin Ahmed not to interfere in the Election Commission (EC).
“We are drawing the chief adviser’s attention to the fact that the post of chief election commissioner is a constitutional post and the incumbent CEC is performing competently and neutrally,” Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid said after a meeting of the alliance at Hawa Bhaban yesterday.
Opposing any move to force CEC MA Aziz to step down, Mujahid said, “The Election Commission is preparing to announce the schedule of the next general election. In this situation, we will ask the caretaker government chief not to move for any change here in the face of pressure from any quarter.”
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia chaired the meeting that began around 4:30pm and continued for about one and a half hours.
The meeting reiterated the four-party alliance’s demand for steps against caretaker government advisers Sultana Kamal and CM Shafi Sami “as they violated their oath and neutrality by meeting Sheikh Hasina secretly and avoiding the national flag on their vehicle”, Mujahid said.
He was briefing the reporters on the meeting as BNP Secretary General Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan left the place without saying anything.
Mujahid said the meeting opposed indiscriminate reshuffling in the administration, which, it observed, is creating “uncertainty”.
“We will request the caretaker government to rather steer the country towards the election,” he said, adding, “The caretaker government has two functions–carrying out routine work and assisting the Election Commission in holding free and fair election in a peaceful atmosphere.
“There is a congenial environment for election now. The four-party alliance, along with people, will resist any move to foil this environment,” Mujahid said.
BNP standing committee members Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, M Shamsul Islam and KM Obaid, Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP) Chairman Naziur Rahman Monjur and Islami Oikya Jote (IOJ) leader Mufti Fazlul Haque Amini, among others, were present at the meeting.
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