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Download PDF Coordinator of the 14-party alliance Abdul Jalil last night asked the president and chief adviser of the caretaker government to remove Election Commissioner SM Zakaria and other controversial commissioners from the Election Commission (EC) for the sake of a neutral election.
He also demanded that the president should appoint neutral persons to the EC. No controversial person will be acceptable, he told reporters after meeting President Iajuddin Ahmed at Bangabhaban.
Jalil, however, refrained from announcing any decision about withdrawing the countrywide blockade before listening to the president’s address to the nation, which was scheduled to begin at 11:30 last night.
“We’ll take decision in this regard only after listening to what the president says,” he added.
Jalil and Vice Chairman of Bangladesh Bar Council Rokanuddin Mahmud met the president at 9:50pm. The meeting continued till 11:05pm.
Terming Chief Election Commissioner MA Aziz’s going on leave as ‘a victory of people’, Jalil said ‘controversial’ commissioner SM Zakaria and other officials are still there. “Such half-done step is not acceptable,” he told reporters.
Jalil said the caretaker government must remove the 300 upazila based election officers appointed on political considerations by the immediate past BNP-Jamaat government.
“We have heard that the president has taken a decision to appoint two more election commissioners without consulting the advisers which is again a violation to the constitution,” he said.
“The four advisers who had talks with political parties could give him suggestions regarding the fresh appointment,” Jalil added.
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