BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed has said there is no valid reason to delay the national election beyond December.
"We have been able to make it understood that there is not even a single mentionable reason to hold the election after December," he said while talking to reporters after coming out of the second phase of the talks with the Consensus Commission on Monday.
The BNP leader also claimed that during the meeting, they observed that almost all political parties proposed holding the election before December this year.
He expressed the hope that the Chief Adviser would now take into account the collective proposal of the political parties.
“We hope that, as a symbol of national unity, he will act with complete neutrality, rising above personal attachment or emotion. The nation expects absolute impartiality from him,” the BNP leader said.
He said they believe the parliamentary election can be held by December. “Before that, we can identify key reforms, particularly those related to the electoral process, which can be undertaken on an urgent basis and implemented through consensus.”
Salahuddin said that there are no reforms that cannot be carried out within a month.
“We have received a report today that several reforms across various sectors have already been implemented by ordinances issued through the Law Ministry. Many others are in the pipeline. These can be executed either by ordinance, executive order, or even office order,” he said.
Salahuddin also said all reforms, except those requiring constitutional amendments, can be implemented within a month through ordinances, executive orders, or administrative directives based on consensus.
Earlier, a three–member BNP delegation, led by Salahuddin Ahmed, joined the second phase of talks organised by the National Consensus Commission at the Foreign Service Academy.
The meeting was held with Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, who heads the National Consensus Commission, in the chair, aiming to resolve the disagreements over key reforms that hindered progress in the first round. All the parties involved with the reform initiatives participated in the meeting.
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