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Elections Commissioner General (retired) Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury qualified the letter sent by 42 prominent citizens of the country to the president to take action against the constitutional body alleging “serious misconduct, financial corruption and irregularities” against the current Electoral Commission (EC). .
EC Shahadat said: “You can be motivated and I don’t think there is any basis for it.” It is unwise for Sudheejan to raise this topic.
He said this in response to a question from reporters at his office in the Agargaon Election Building in the capital on Sunday afternoon.
EC Shahadat Hossain said that there is not much to say about the statements of eminent persons. It is up to the president to decide what to do with the accusations that have been made to the president. But people will see if the speeches of eminent people have been unethical.
In response to a question, he stated that the current commission was trying to do everything possible to ensure fair, free and fair elections.
On December 14, 42 prominent citizens presented a letter to the president against the EC alleging financial irregularities, corruption, and serious misconduct related to the elections. They also requested a time to meet with the president to discuss the matter directly. Later last Saturday (December 19) at a virtual press conference, the attorney said. Shahdin Malik. He hopes that they will be found guilty in the investigation and that the president will remove them.
Dilip Sarkar, Central Coordinator of Citizens for Good Governance (Sujan) read a written statement at the press conference. He cites a series of specific accusations of “gross misconduct and financial corruption” by the Electoral Commission, citing a request to the president. Their accusations include taking more than Tk 2 crore as special speakers by election commissioners, corruption of Tk 4 crore 7 lakh in the name of staffing, illegal use of three vehicles and irregularities in the purchase of EVM. Apart from this, the irregularities in the elections of the eleventh Jatiya Sangsad, North Dhaka, South Dhaka, Gazipur, Khulna, Sylhet, Rajshahi and Barisal City Corporation are also included in the misconduct. In the letter, they requested the formation of a Supreme Council of the Judiciary in accordance with article 96 of the Constitution.
The letter was sent on behalf of 42 citizens of the country by the attorney for the Supreme Court. Shahdin Malik. Signatories to the letter include Emeritus Professor Sirajul Islam Chowdhury, Retired Auditor General and former Interim Government Adviser M Hafizuddin Khan, Retired Cabinet Secretary and former Interim Government Adviser Dr. Akbar Ali Khan, former Advisers Provisional Governments Sultana Kamal and Rasheda K Chowdhury, former Cabinet Secretary Ali Imam Majumder and human rights activist Hamida Hossain.
Dr. at the press conference. Shahdin Malik said: “We all think that the activities carried out by the Electoral Commission after taking office are serious misconduct.” The Supreme Council of the Judiciary has the power to investigate those who hold constitutional positions. Neither the ACC nor the police can do that. The president can give instructions. In this context, I have complained to the president. “We hope they will be found guilty of serious misconduct,” he said. The President will remove them from their positions on the recommendation of the Supreme Judicial Council.
The rest of the signatories are – economist. Moinul Islam, human rights activist Khushi Kabir, VC of Central Women’s University Parveen Hasan, Sujan’s secretary. Badiul Alam Majumder, Executive Director of TIB. Iftekharuzzaman, Former Dhaka University Professor Ahmed Kamal, Local Government Expert Professor Tofail Ahmed, Supreme Court Attorney ZI Khan Panna, Photographer Shahidul Alam, Jahangirnagar University Professor, Professor Anu Muhammad and the economist Ahsan Mansur.
Also present are former secretary Abdul Latif Mandal, architect Mobasher Hasan, the executive director of the Association for Agrarian Reform and Development Shamsul Huda, academic professor CR Abrar, lawyer Barrister Sara Hossain, Syeda Rizwana Hasan, professor of the Dhaka University Asif Nazrul, Professor Maryam, Akmal Hossain, Former Dhaka University Professor, Swapan Adnan, Professor at Swas University London, Sharmin Murshid, Executive Director of Brati, Geeti Ara Nasrin, Professor at Dhaka University, Firdaus Azim, Professor at BRAC Mortuza University, Professor at Dhaka University Robayet Ferdous, Professor. Shahnaz Huda, Supreme Court Attorney Jyotirmoy Barua, Professor Nayla Zaman Khan, Director of the Center for Clinical Neuroscience and the Bangladesh Disability Foundation, Zakir Hossain, Executive Director of the civic company, and Nur Khan Liton, a human rights activist .
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