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BNP lawmaker demands removal of CEC

Staff Correspondent
A ruling party lawmaker yesterday demanded in the Jatiya Sangsad removal of Chief Election Commissioner M A Syed.
The Speaker then gave a ruling suggesting the lawmaker to take recourse to law.
Rising on a point of order, Shahidul Haq Jamal of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) sought the parliament's protection in view of the CEC's reported comment that bothered the legislator.
He read out a news item published yesterday in daily Dainik Dinkal which quoted the CEC as telling one of his colleagues (a
former judge) why he (the former judge) did not "hang" Jamal (the MP), who was accused in five cases earlier. The case was tried in the judge's court.
The Chair noted that asking any judge or magistrate for capital punishment to any MP does not come under the jurisdiction of a CEC. Speaker Jamiruddin Sircar found the CEC's remark anticonstitutional. To inform the House, the Chair read out the constitutional provisions on functions of the Election Commission (EC).
He referred to Articles 118, 119, 123, 139(1), 96 (3) 46(5) of the
Constitution which deal with
formation of the EC, its function, tenure, removal of its members, formation of supreme judicial council and so on.
The Chair explained that the President can form a supreme judicial council to investigate the CEC's conduct and if the probe is positive in terms of mental or physical disorder or moral turpitude, then only the President can remove him.
The Speaker said, "Although we usually do not take newspaper report into cognisance, but as you raised the issue, we look into the provisions." Most of the treasury bench members made supportive gestures in the House when Jamal raised voice at the top.
"Who gave him (CEC) the authority to make such comment about me," Jamal asked seeking "justice from the Sangsad".
He branded Syed as a "beneficiary of Ershad government and a corrupt man" and said, "the head of the previous Awami League government, Sheikh Hasina, appointed the corrupt man to the post of CEC."
Jamal's remark on the previous government prompted Opposition Chief Whip Abdus Shaid to rise. He demanded expunction of Jamal's statement involving the opposition leader. The Chair assured the opposition deputy of expunction.
After the chair's ruling, LGRD Minister Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan rose to his feet to note a correction about the CEC's age. Then he referred to the CEC's recent comment on mid-term election and his refusal of subsequent press report in this regard.