Mar 5, 2021 8:51 AM
As the call for scrapping the Digital Security Act grows after the death in jail of writer Mushtaq Ahmed, Information Minister Hasan Mahmud says repealing the law will mean other laws have to be scrapped as well when people arrested under those laws die. Are you satisfied with his argument?
Yes - 54%
The country is yet to have a specific law for appointing chief election commissioner and election commissioners though there is a constitutional provision for enacting a law for their appointment.
In the absence of such a law, no specific criteria are there regarding the qualifications for appointment of CEC and election commissioners or what will lead to their disqualification, said officials of the Election Commission and the law ministry.
At present, the government has no plan to enact a law with the current EC completing its four years today, they mentioned.
The EC s tenure is five years and the current commissioners assumed office on February 15, 2017. The first EC was constituted in July 1972.
Rashed Khan Menon is an important figure in Bangladesh s political history. He was at the frontlines during the mass upsurge in 1969 and the Liberation War in 1971. Currently, he is the president of the Workers Party of Bangladesh. He is also a lawmaker from Dhaka-8 and has previously served as a minister in the Awami League-led government. Menon recently talked with The Daily Star about the current political situation in the country.
The following are excerpts from the interview.
The Daily Star: The AL-led grand alliance government is in its third consecutive term. As a politician and alliance partner, what is your observation on the current political and social situation?
Rashed Khan Menon is an important figure in Bangladesh s political history. He was at the frontlines during the mass upsurge in 1969 and the Liberation War in 1971. Currently, he is the president of the Workers Party of Bangladesh. He is also a lawmaker from Dhaka-8 and has previously served as a minister in the Awami League-led government. Menon recently talked with The Daily Star about the current political situation in the country.
Rashed Khan Menon. File photo
The following are excerpts from the interview.
The Daily Star: The AL-led grand alliance government is in its third consecutive term. As a politician and alliance partner, what is your observation on the current political and social situation?