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BNP opposes proposed amendment to RPO

Staff Correspondent
The main opposition BNP yesterday opposed the proposed amendment to the Representation of People Order (RPO) that said registration of a political part)' would be cancelled if it fails to submit its ratified constitution to Election Commission (EC) within 12 months.
During scrutiny of the bill proposing the amendment by a parliamentary body. BNP lawmaker Salauddin Quader Chowdhury gave a note of dissent to the provision for cancellation of the registration.
“EC has already registered BNP as a parliamentary political party. The original law does not have any provision of
cancelling the registration of a political party for its failure to submit ratified constitution within the time frame." Salauddin. a member of the parliamentary body, said at a press briefing after the meeting.
The standing committee on law. justice and parliamentary affairs ministry at a meeting at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban scrutinised the bill.
The government placed the bill in parliament this month seeking to amend the RPO to extend the deadline by six more months for the political parties to submit their ratified constitutions to EC.
According to the existing provision of the RPO, the political parties, registered with EC before the ninth
parliamentary election by submitting provisional changes in their constitutions, were required to submit their ratified constitutions to EC within six months since the first sitting of the ninth parliament.
Therefore, the political parties were required to submit their ratified constitutions to EC by July 24 as the ninth parliament began its journey on January 25.
But BNP and some other political parties failed to abide by the RPO provisions and asked EC to take measures for extension of time frame.
The existing RPO. however, does not have any provision to cancel the registration of a political party for its failure to
meet the deadline.
In the wake of prevailing situation, the government placed the bill for extension of another six months and it proposed that the registration of a political party would be cancelled if it fails to submit Its ratified constitution within the extended six months' time frame.
“The government move on cancellation of registrations Is provocative and it would increase political unrest," said Salauddin, adding: "I've informed the parliamentary committee about my party's stance."
If the bill is passed with the proposed provision, it would be a bad law, the BNP leader mentioned.