Suranjit asks acting CEC to show restraint

Senior Awami League leader Suranjit Sengupta criticised Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakib Uddin Ahmad for enjoying long vacation during the upazila polls.
“It becomes tough for us to defend his long vacation. People think it was not proper for him (CEC) to go for long vacation during the upazila polls,” he said
at a discussion organised by Bangabandhu Academy at the Diploma Engineers Institute in the capital Friday, according to a news agency.
The veteran Awami League leader also advised acting Chief Election Commissioner Abdul Mobarak to show restraint in his remarks.
 “The post of Election Commissioner is a respectful one as well as constitutional. People expect restraint and good etiquette from them. It is not proper to criticize harshly,” he said.
On Sunday, Election Commissioner Mohammad Abdul Mobarak said Khaleda Zia is ‘rubbing her nose in dirt by participating in the upazila parishad polls under the present Election Commission’.
On the amended Anti-Corruption Commission law, Suranjit said: “Thana police can settle fraudulent cases including cases filed under section 420. If such cases come under the Anti-Corruption Commission law, the Commission and police will look after the investigation into the cases.”
He suggested that such cases will have to be brought back under the Penal Code before the current session of Parliament ends.
 “It is not understandable how the Law Ministry allowed enacting the law. I’ve drawn the attention of the Law Minister in this regard,” he said.