The government move to enact a law to form the Election Commission (EC) without the opinion and evaluation of other stakeholders has faced criticism from the opposition political parties. Ruling Awami League's major political rival, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has trashed the proposed law saying it will not yield any positive outcome as the party thinks it will only
The demand for framing a specific law on reconstitution of the Election Commission is growing louder as all nine political parties invited to the president’s dialogue so far are of the opinion that a law is required to form a non-controversial EC.