The new Election Commission must be free, fair and acceptable to all citizens of the country, said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday.
Speaking at an event in memory of Arafat Rahman Koko at the party’s central office, Fakhrul also said the Awami League was trying to disrupt the president’s initiative to reconstitute the Election Commission.
“They [the Awami League] always try to make the political situation unstable. The ruling party leaders are now making controversial statements about the president’s initiative about Election Commission reconstitution,” he added.
The memorial was held on the occasion of Koko’s death anniversary yesterday at the party central office in Nayapaltan, Dhaka.
Koko, younger son of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and founder president Ziaur Rahman, died of a heart attack on January 24, 2015.
“That is why our party chief proposed to President Abdul Hamid about forming an acceptable Election Commission by consulting all political parties. Based on her proposal, the president held dialogues with all the parties.”
