Movement if govt fails to reach consensus on EC: BNP

Staff Correspondent: BNP Standing Committee Member Moudud Ahmed has warned to enforce a tougher movement if the government fails to reach a consensus through dialogue on formation of new Election Commission (EC).

He said, “We have shown the way to reach a consensus for democracy. We will have no alternative but to go for a tougher mass movement if the efforts go in vain."

The BNP stalwart said this while addressing a programme at the National Press Club in the capital on Friday noon.

The former law minister said BNP wants an acceptable search committee so that it can form a capable, competent and non-partisan EC for the sake of holding the next general election in a free, fair and credible manner.

“We believe that the president would give a fruitful resolution by forming an impartial search committee to put an end to the prevailing crisis over the new Election Commission,” he added.

risingbd/Dhaka/Jan 20, 2017/Mamun Khan/A K Azad