Dr Kamal seeks parliament election afresh

Terming erroneous the 10th parliament election, noted jurist Dr Kamal Hossain on Wednesday asked for fresh parliamentary election or else he said the people of the country and history ‘would not exonerate us’. He came up with the view while submitting arguments for the second day before the High Court as an amicus curiae (friend of the court) on a public interest litigation writ petition (PIL) challenging the validity of the section 19 of the Representation of the People Order empowering MP candidates to be elected unopposed. Prior to the election, he mentioned, it was said that let an election be held now and there could be another election dissolving the 10th parliament if there is an agreement. Dr Kamal, also Gonoforum president, was very critical of the role of the incumbent Election Commission (EC), and said the EC should have asked for seeking opinion of the Supreme Court, and still there is such scope over the disputed issue, according to a news agency.