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Download PDF The Election Commission (EC) will not appeal against the High Court order that stayed EC’s November 22 move to invite one faction of BNP to talks.
The EC wants quick disposal of the matter now, an election commissioner said yesterday.
“We are not thinking of filing an appeal, rather we plan to appoint a lawyer to pursue a quick disposal of the matter. We have already consulted with the attorney general’s office in this regard,” Election Commissioner Muhammed Sohul Hussain told reporters at his office.
The election commissioner said that the Supreme Court will remain be closed for 15 days from December 13 and they want this issue to be resolved before December 13 if possible.
The HC on November 18 stayed for four weeks the EC’s move to invite the Saifur led faction of BNP to its electoral reform talks scheduled for November 22. Following the court’s order, EC had to postpone its proposed talks.
“We will follow the court’s decision, whatever it is” Sohul said adding that the EC was comfortable with issue being settled by the court.
The EC has been in a dilemma in inviting BNP to the electoral talks, since both the factions - one led by M Saifur Rahman and the other by Khaleda Zia appointed Khandaker Delwar Hossain - have been desperately trying to convince the EC to recognise their own faction.
The EC on November 5 invited the Saifur led BNP faction to electoral reform talks though a formal letter. The Delwar led BNP faction then challenged the EC’s letter in the High Court.
Election Commissioner Sohul also informed that EC at a meeting yesterday discussed the draft of rules on voter enlisting. “We will sit down again to finalise the rules,” he added.
The meeting however did not discuss the draft ordinance on appointment of the election commissioner.
“The chief election commissioner himself drafted the ordinance to enact a law on appointment of the election commissioner,” Sohul informed.
December 2nd, 2007 at 1:14 am
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