AL sends letter to Khaleda for nominee's name
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
The ruling Awami League (AL) has asked BNP to nominate its representative to the all-party parliamentary committee that will review the country's constitution as per the High Court's verdict.
Chief whip Abdus Shahid on Sunday night mailed a letter addressed to Khaleda Zia requesting the chief of the largest party in opposition to send in the name of the nominee for the panel, which will be formed soon.
"On Sunday night, I sent the letter to the leader of the opposition to nominate one BNP nominee to the all-party parliamentary committee," Shahid told bdnews24.com.
He said the messenger confirmed that Khaleda's assistant personal secretary had received the letter at her Gulshan office.
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday announced that the government would form the all-party committee to review the constitution as per the court directives, which declared the Fifth Amendment to the constitution illegal.
The BNP considers the Fifth Amendment essential to the country's democracy.
But the AL brands it an "illegal and unconstitutional act of the autocratic military ruler Lt Gen Ziaur Rahman, the de facto founder of the BNP.
If the constitution was amended deleting the Fifth Amendment clauses, the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami would lose the right to pursue politics.
The centre-right Jamaat, whose top leaders have recently been arrested on charges of war crimes, is the BNP's main ally in Bangladesh politics.
Chief whip Abdus Shahid on Sunday night mailed a letter addressed to Khaleda Zia requesting the chief of the largest party in opposition to send in the name of the nominee for the panel, which will be formed soon.
"On Sunday night, I sent the letter to the leader of the opposition to nominate one BNP nominee to the all-party parliamentary committee," Shahid told bdnews24.com.
He said the messenger confirmed that Khaleda's assistant personal secretary had received the letter at her Gulshan office.
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday announced that the government would form the all-party committee to review the constitution as per the court directives, which declared the Fifth Amendment to the constitution illegal.
The BNP considers the Fifth Amendment essential to the country's democracy.
But the AL brands it an "illegal and unconstitutional act of the autocratic military ruler Lt Gen Ziaur Rahman, the de facto founder of the BNP.
If the constitution was amended deleting the Fifth Amendment clauses, the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami would lose the right to pursue politics.
The centre-right Jamaat, whose top leaders have recently been arrested on charges of war crimes, is the BNP's main ally in Bangladesh politics.