The president will hold dialogues on forming the new Election Commission with parties represented in parliament from Thursday.
His press secretary A K M Nesar Uddin Bhuiyan told on Dec 18 that Jatiya Party (H M Ershad) and Jatiya Shamajtantrik Dal (JSD Inu) had been invited to the first day's dialogue.
Each party will be asked to bring 10 delegates, he said.
In reply to a question, he said among the parties who were not in parliament, 'important' ones would also be asked to join the dialogue.
There are 38 political parties registered with the Election Commission, of which only eight are represented in parliament.
They are: ruling Awami League, opposition BNP, Jatiya Party, Jatiya Shamajtantrik Dal, Bangladesh Workers' Party, Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, Bangladesh Jatiya Party and Liberal Democratic Party.
The Awami League-led ruling alliance has 239 seats, the BNP-led opposition alliance 32, Jatiya Party 25, Jamaat-e-Islami two and LDP one.
The present Election Commission, led by chief election commissioner A T M Shamsul Huda, commissioners Sohul Hossain and M Shakhawat Hossain, started off on Feb 5, 2007 during the caretaker government regime.
The commission gave the caretaker government a draft law that they believe will help the EC stay credible. During the present government's term, it discussed the proposal with registered political parties.
The EC is supposed to submit the draft to government this month.
There have been 19 election commissioners and 10 chief election commissioners in Bangladesh since independence.
The 15th amendment to the constitution limits the number of election commissioners to five.
His press secretary A K M Nesar Uddin Bhuiyan told on Dec 18 that Jatiya Party (H M Ershad) and Jatiya Shamajtantrik Dal (JSD Inu) had been invited to the first day's dialogue.
Each party will be asked to bring 10 delegates, he said.
In reply to a question, he said among the parties who were not in parliament, 'important' ones would also be asked to join the dialogue.
There are 38 political parties registered with the Election Commission, of which only eight are represented in parliament.
They are: ruling Awami League, opposition BNP, Jatiya Party, Jatiya Shamajtantrik Dal, Bangladesh Workers' Party, Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, Bangladesh Jatiya Party and Liberal Democratic Party.
The Awami League-led ruling alliance has 239 seats, the BNP-led opposition alliance 32, Jatiya Party 25, Jamaat-e-Islami two and LDP one.
The present Election Commission, led by chief election commissioner A T M Shamsul Huda, commissioners Sohul Hossain and M Shakhawat Hossain, started off on Feb 5, 2007 during the caretaker government regime.
The commission gave the caretaker government a draft law that they believe will help the EC stay credible. During the present government's term, it discussed the proposal with registered political parties.
The EC is supposed to submit the draft to government this month.
There have been 19 election commissioners and 10 chief election commissioners in Bangladesh since independence.
The 15th amendment to the constitution limits the number of election commissioners to five.
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