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| Jamaat won't join today's dialogue with EC |
| 2011-06-17 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami ... a Pakistani catspaw remaining active in Bangla politix, loosely affiliated with the Pak religious party of the same name and closely affiliated with most of the terror organizations in Bangla. A member of the BNP's four party governing coalition.... has decided not to join dialogue with the Election Commission (EC) scheduled for Thursday afternoon. "We will sit soon to decide whether to join the dialogue in future," Azharul Islam told The Daily Star. Earlier, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) suggested the EC holding two more parliamentary elections under a non-partisan caretaker government to overcome the present political crisis. An eight-member delegation led by the party Hasanul Haq Inu made the recommendation during the dialogue with the EC officials at the commission's secretariat at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar. The party also proposed for raising the number of election commissioner from two to four during the two-hour dialogue that began at about 10:30am. The EC on June 7 launched dialogues with the political parties for their opinion on some key issues like Representation of the People Order; laws on demarcation of constituencies and appointment of election commissioners; and use of electronic voting machine. The EC has decided to hold dialogue with the 38 registered political parties. |
| Posted by:Fred |