Tue, Nov 13th, 2007 8:05 pm BdST
Dhaka, Nov 13 (bdnews24.com) – Detained former prime
minister Khaleda Zia Tuesday threatened to take legal
action against the Election Commission if it did not
scrap the invitation of Hafizuddin Ahmed to dialogue.
Barrister Nowshad Zamir, lawyer for Khaleda, sent a
legal notice to the main poll office asking it to
withdraw the invitation letter in 48 hours.
The BNP chairperson expelled Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan from
the party as secretary general, a day before she was
arrested in a graft case in September.
Khaleda also installed Khandaker Delwar Hossain as new
secretary general—a decision which was conveyed to the
Election Commission by acting office secretary Rizvi
Ahmed.
The legal notice said that the letter had asked the EC
to invite Delwar to any talks on electoral reforms.
According to the legal notice, the High Court issued a
rule nisi asking the EC to explain why the BNP's
constitution would not be complied with in bringing
changes to the party and making other decisions.
The notice claimed that Khaleda was the only person to
sack or appoint secretary general to the party in line
with the constitution.
"It means Khandaker Delwar Hossain has been entrusted
to represent BNP in dialogue with the Election
Commission," the notice said.
The Election Commission invited Hafizuddin on Nov 5 to
the talks in what the notice said was a rushed move.
The EC described the move as a doctrine of necessity.
"This doctrine outlived its validity," the notice
said.
The BNP's standing committee at a meeting on Oct 29
installed former finance minister M Saifur Rahman as
acting chief of the troubled party and Hafizuddin as
acting secretary general.
The move deepened the crisis in the party as the
Delwar-led faction did not endorse the decision saying
"it was done without consent of Khaleda and in
violations of the party constitution".
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