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Pursuant to Article 8 (2) of the Constitution of Bangladesh, if a legislator is sentenced to two or more years in prison for a crime of moral turpitude, he cannot be a member of Parliament and cannot be considered a member of Parliament. be a member of Parliament for five years after your release.
ACC lawyer Khurshid Alam Khan told reporters after the verdict: “I think it is his moral turpitude (of Haji Selim). He has lost his eligibility to be a member of Parliament. However, the Speaker will decide on this. After receiving the copy of the verdict, the ACC will officially send the copy of the verdict to the corresponding authorities ”.
On the other hand, Saeed Ahmed Raja, a lawyer for Haji Selim, a deputy from the Dhaka-6 constituency, said that he thought that Haji Selim would remain a member of Parliament until the case is finally resolved in the Supreme Court.
When asked what action the parliament will take now on Haji Selim, Parliament Secretary Zafar Ahmed Khan told bdnews24.com: “The president will make a decision on this. But before that, the relevant documents, including the copy of the verdict, they must reach the parliamentary authorities ”.
Explaining the matter, an official from the Parliament Secretariat told bdnews24.com that if a member is convicted, a copy of the verdict must reach parliament and if that member appeals against the verdict, the documents must also arrive. If the verdict is postponed by appealing against the verdict, the Secretariat of Parliament must be informed.
Parliament recently revoked the membership of Shahid Islam Papul, a Laxmipur MP, after he was convicted in a Kuwaiti court.
The former leader of the Dhaka Awami League, Haji Selim, was convicted in a case of “illegal acquisition of wealth” by the ACC, which occurred on October 24, 2008 during the state of emergency during the provisional government controlled by the ACC. army. On April 26 of the following year, a special court sentenced him to a total of 13 years in prison in two sections.
Furthermore, Haji Selim’s wife, Gulshan Ara Begum, was sentenced to three years in prison under article 109 of the Penal Code for “cooperating” in obtaining known income.
Haji Selim and his wife appealed to the High Court against the verdict and on January 2, 2011, the High Court overturned their sentence. The ACC then appealed to the Supreme Court.
Following the hearing on the appeal, the judgment of the High Court was overturned on January 12, 2015. At the same time, the Appeals Division ordered that Haji Selim’s appeal be heard again in the High Court.
At the end of the hearing, Justicia. A higher court in Moinul Islam Chowdhury and judge AKM Zahirul Haque confirmed Haji Selim’s 10-year sentence in one section on Tuesday and commuted his sentence to three years in the other section.
The appeal of Haji Selim’s wife, Gulshan Ara Begum, who died while the appeal was pending, was dismissed.
Dhaka-6 MP Haji Selim is a member of the Dhaka Metropolitan South Advisory Council of the Awami League. He was a member of the previous committee. Prior to that, he was deputy general secretary of the undivided committee of the Dhaka Metropolitan Awami League.
He became a Member of Parliament from this seat in Dhaka after defeating party-nominated candidate Mostafa Jalal Mohiuddin in the 2014 Awami League committee elections. In 2016, he was elected deputy as a party-nominated candidate.
Haji Selim’s son, Irfan Selim, came to speak about the recent beating of a naval officer on the street. The next day, October 25, RAB raided Haji Selim’s home in Devidas Lane, Soarighat, Old Dhaka and arrested Irfan. A charge sheet has also been filed against him in that case.
After the RAB operation, news of Haji Selim’s ‘occupation’ in the surrounding areas, including the capital, began to arrive through various media outlets. The ACC said it was also collecting data on Haji Selim’s “illegal assets.”
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