A portrait of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman turned into taken down nowadays from the Election Commission’s convention room quickly earlier than the newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), AMM Md Nasir Uddin addressed journalists and the newly-appointed election commissioners.
Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed administered the oath to CEC AMM Nasir Uddin and the four commissioners on the Supreme Court docket Judges’ Lounge at 1:30pm nowadays (24 November).
They then went to the Election Commission for the briefing slated for 4pm.
Around 4 pm, two commission staffers went to the convention room on the fifth ground of the building and introduced down the portrait that had been striking on the wall for an extraordinarily very long time.
The clicking convention then began at 4:30pm.
Earlier on 11 November, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s portrait turned into eliminated from the Darbar Hall in Bangabhaban, the expert scheme of Bangladesh’s president.
Adviser Mahfuj Alam, in a Fb submit, acknowledged, “The picture of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, a submit-’71 fascist, is eliminated from Darbar Hall. It is far a disgrace for us that we couldn’t rob away his photos from Bangabhaban after 5 August. Apologies. Nonetheless he would possibly perhaps perhaps no longer be seen anyplace till folks’s July spirit lives on.
“Awami League have to acknowledge and apologise for what Sheikh Mujib and his daughter have carried out to the parents of Bangladesh, starting from the non-democratic ’72 constitution to famine, laundering of billions [of takas], and extrajudicial killings of hundreds of dissidents and opponents (1972-75, 2009-2024). Then, we can focus on pre-’71 Sheikh Mujib. With out apologies and trials of fascists, there would possibly perhaps perhaps no longer be any roughly reconciliation.”
Based on Article 4A of Bangladesh’s Constitution, “The Portrait of the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman would perhaps be preserved and displayed” in key authorities offices, including those of the president, prime minister, Speaker, and chief justice, as well to in authorities and semi-authorities offices, tutorial institutions, and embassies.”
In 2000, the Awami League authorities handed a law making it mandatory for all authorities offices to showcase Bangabandhu’s portrait. On the opposite hand, this law turned into repealed in 2001 when the BNP-led authorities took administrative center.
