Registration of political parties

BNP to meet EC tomorrow to seek time extension

BSS, Dhaka

BNP Secretary General Advocate Khandaker Delwar Hossain on Tuesday said a delegation of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) would go to Election Commission (EC) on July 16 with an appeal for extension of the time limit for registration.
He complained that conspiracy is on not to allow the BNP to be registered with the EC. The party will take decision on holding its council after the meeting with the EC, he added.
Delwar said this while talking to the journalists at the party central office at Naya Paltan. He urged the EC to extend the time limit so that all political parties could be registered properly.
The central council of the BNP will not be held before December, a party source said adding that as a result the BNP will not be able to submit its final constitution to be adopted by the party council within July 25 for its registration as a political party.
Delwar said the hasty decision of holding the party council by Awami League is not a political move. It is an attempt to keep the BNP out of the registration process, he added.
He said the Election Commission while setting the deadline and afterwards said several times that they might extend the deadline if the parties request it to do so, but now they have taken a different stand. "Why did they show such a gesture earlier," he questioned.
A source of the BNP chairperson's office said the central council is expected to be held in the first week of December.
The 31st founding anni-versary of the BNP will be held in September 1 in a befitting manner and the party will be prepared for the council through it, the source added.

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Govt urged to bring back Fakhruddin, Moeen

Govt urged to bring back Fakhruddin, Moeen
Probe into corruption of 1/11 people demanded

Staff Correspondent

Justice Md. Abdur Rauf and Justice Amirul Islam have demanded probe into the alleged corruption of those involved with 1/11 change over and urged the government to bring back Fakhruddin Ahmed and Gen Moeen U Ahmed from abroad.
In an interview with a private channel 'Diganta TV' Justice Abdur Rouf has demanded the detail accounts of the money collected for Sidr relief in the name of "Relief Funds" conducted by the then Chief Adviser of Caretaker Government Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed and then Army Chief Moeen U Ahmed.
He said, how the huge amount of money that poured in from home and abroad was spent must be made public. He further said the people have alleged to him that this money had been misappropriated by those in the helm.
He said the concealing of the facts about the relief money gave him the impression that the allegation about misappropriation was true. Justice Rouf said the price of dollars soared after 1/11 although there were no business transactions in the country due to the anti-corruption drive. Then, who did purchase these dollars at high price, he asked adding, certainly those who were involved with 1/11 made the transactions of dollars. The real picture of corruption of these two persons will be revealed if investigation is conducted about documents relating to land registration office and car purchase.
Justice Rouf demanded constitution of new parliamentary committee to investigate into the corruption of 1/11 people and urged the government to bring back Fakhruddin Ahmed and Moeen U Ahmed for legal action.
Justice Syed Amirul Islam in his interview said, Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia should sit together and decide to amend the constitution so that the three-month Caretaker Government can not be prolonged for two years.
He called upon the Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate into the amassing of wealth by Fakhruddin Ahmed, Moeen U Ahmed and others involved with the 1/11 and Caretaker Government.

from Bangladesh Today

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