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AL lawmaker Shafiqul asked to explain his eligibility

Staff Correspondent
The Election Commission (EC) yesterday issued a notice upon ruling Awami League (AL) lawmaker Shafiqul Azam Khan, asking him to explain within 10 days why his parliament membership should not be cancelled on grounds of ineligibility..
Shafiqul, elected from Jhenidah-3 constituency on AL ticket in the December 29 parliamentary election, was mayor of Moheshpur municipality at
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the time of the poll. Even he has not resigned as mayor till now.
As per the Representation of the People Order (RPO), Shafiqul was disqualified from running for parliament seat and is also ineligible to remain MP since he holds an office of profit.
The EC Secretariat sent the notice to Shafiqul's permanent address at Jhenidah and asked him to reply within 10 days of receipt, officials said.
Meanwhile, the EC has yet to decide its next course of action on stripping BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury of MP status on grounds of suppressing information about his educational
qualification in the application for candidacy in parliamentary election.
The EC decided in June that Salauddin is not eligible to remain MP but it did not cancel his membership.
Asked about it yesterday, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda declined to make any comment.
Talking to journalists on the EC Secretariat premises after signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South Korean election commission, Huda said the EC would initiate a dialogue on the necessity of caretaker government if it gets a written proposal from the government.
"If the government seeks
our views on caretaker government system, we'll surely give that," he said.
Replying to a question on LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Syed Ashraful Islam's call to the EC to hold a dialogue on the issue, the CEC said, "We have our opinions, of course. If there is a written proposal, definitely we will do something".
On the proposed amendment to the RPO, Huda said, "We re reviewing the RPO articles."
The EC would place before the government its recommendations on sdrthe RPO after holding dialogues with the civil society, media and political parties, he said.