Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar on Thursday said the nation’s expectations regarding the proposed referendum were not fulfilled in the Chief Adviser’s recent address.
Speaking at a briefing at the party’s Moghbazar central office, Parwar said the Chief Adviser’s remarks lacked clarity on how the referendum would be conducted alongside the national election.
“If the national election and the referendum are held on the same day and balloting is suspended in any area due to unrest, what will happen to the ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ votes in the referendum?” he questioned.
Referendum, national election together in Feb: Prof Yunus
He said the Chief Adviser’s speech did not clearly explain the mechanism of managing both national and referendum ballots on the same day.
Earlier in the day in an address to the nation, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus said the national election and the referendum will be held simultaneously in the first half of February next year.