Writ seeking formation of caretaker govt filed

A writ has been filed with the High Court, seeking its necessary directives to form caretaker government and the dissolution of tenth parliament 42 days ahead of the upcoming eleventh parliamentary election.

Supreme Court lawyer Younus Ali Akand filed the writ petition with the concerned department of HC on Monday.

Secretary of law ministry, secretary of President Office, secretary of Prime Minister’s office, Legislative and parliamentary affairs secretary, National parliament affairs secretary and chief election commissioner were made defenders in the writ.

The hearing on the writ is likely to be held at the bench of Justice Moinul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Ashraful Kamal this afternoon.

Eunus Ali said in the petition that according to proposal of constitution and Article 11, 65(2), the national parliament will be formed with 300 elected members. But 153 members of the parliament are not elected directly by people, he claimed. Therefore, the directive has been sought for dissolving parliament ahead of the election.

If parliament is not dissolved ahead of the election there will be two parliaments at the same time as per Article 123(3), which is contrary to Articles 65 and 123(3). Besides, contesting the election keeping intact the parliament membership goes against the constitution, he said.