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Jasim mulls legal action against EC

Staff Correspondent
Maj (retd) Jasim Uddin, whose MP status the Supreme Court has scrapped recently, said he is thinking about taking legal action against the Election Commission.
He said he is having to face this situation due to the EC's and the army's mistake.
' 1 am thinking about taking actions against the EC after I get the copy of the Supreme Court verdict which declared my candidacy in the election illegal. ' he told journalists yesterday at a press conference at Dhaka Reporters' Unity.
The Awami League leader alleged that BNP leader Maj (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed conspired against him due to political rivalry and had him sent on forced retirement just when hewaswaitingforapromotion.
On October 18, the Supreme Court upheld die High Court verdict declaring illegal the parliament membership of Awami League lawmaker Jasim Uddin, who was elected from Bhola-3 constituency.
Earlier this year, Hafiz, who conceded dqfrat to Jasim in the polls, filed a writ petition challenging Join's election: The HC declared illegal the EC's decision to allow Jasim to contest the ninth parliamentary elections.
As per the Representation of the People Order, if anybody’ is sent to compulsory’ retirement, he or she cannot contest parliamentary elections within five years of the retirement. Jasim went on retirement on August 31,2004.
Meanwhile, Hafiz, nearest rival to Jasim in the December 29 elections from Bhola-3, at a press conference demanded reelection among the other three legal candidates or declaring him as the winner since he secured the highest votes among the legal candidates.
At the press conference at his Banani home he said it would be u^ist for him if a by-election is
Refuting Jason's allegation that he had him sacked, Hafiz said he did not know Jasim before the election and he had retired fropt the army before Jasim joined.
Jasim claimed that inclusion of the word "compulsory" in his retirement order was illegal as he was not invoked in any corruption and the causes for his "premature retirement" does not say
that it was a "compulsory retirement".
He also said he had sent a letter to the army chief and the prime minister about urging them to have the word "compulsory" deleted from his retirement order
"Judge Advocate General of Army Headquarters, Armed Forces Division and the Defence Ministry separately gave their comments that the word com-Oii’\m^ in mV rprirT^iTif^f^F wasincluded illegally." he silsr
Maj (retd) Jasim said the army is his dream institution and he would think several times before doing anything against it for the error it made.
Replying to a query Jasim said he would once again participate if a by-election takes place in Bhola-3 as five-year period of his re tiremen t has now past