“The president is the constitutional authority responsible for setting up the Election Commission. Therefore we will give our party chief’s proposal to him, " BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Monday. “Last night, we asked for time to meet him. So far we have not got an appointment, but we ’re hoping to get an opportunity to present our proposal. We’re waiting for that.”Khaleda Zia on Friday proposed a 13-point proposal for the structure and method of creating the next EC, set to take office from February, when the tenure of the current commission will come to an end.

Source: bd News24 November 21, 2016 07:45 UTC