Not right to enact EC formation law in a haste: Law minister

Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq on Thursday said it would not be right to enact a law for forming the Election Commission in a haste, reports UNB.

The minister said this in a conversation with the journalists on Thursday at his Gulshan office.

Earlier, a representative team led by Dr Badiul Alam Majumdar, secretary of civil rights organization Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujan), handed over the copy of 'Draft Election Commission Enrolment Law'.

The minister said, "It won't be right to put the law into practice sidestepping the parliament," after Dr Badiul Alam suggested issuing an ordinance to enact the law.

Anisul Huq said the tenure of current EC will end by February next year while the next parliamentary session is scheduled for February.

"It is impossible to formulate the law for EC formation within this short time," he said.

He reiterated that the current rule of forming EC through a search committee is almost a law as it is constituted by the president himself.