Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has proposed forming a neutral election-time body to oversee the next national election. A 25-member Jatiya Party delegation, led by Ershad, met Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Monday morning as part of the Election Commission’s dialogue with political parties before the next parliamentary polls. Ershad also recommended dissolving Parliament after announcing election schedule and forming an interim government with the MPs. “Unfortunately, the BNP cannot be part of this as it does not have any representation in Parliament,” he told reporters after the meeting. The BNP and its allies boycotted the 2014 general election demanding restoration of the non-party election oversight system introduced in the mid-90s to end electoral violence and fraud but was scrapped in 2011 by the Awami League-led government.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 09, 2017 09:22 UTC