Appellate Division suspends HC order staying BFUJ election

The Appellate Division on Sunday suspended the High Court’s 2-month-stay order on BFUJ election.

Dhaka, Oct 10 :  The Appellate Division on Sunday suspended the High Court’s 2-month-stay order on the elections of Bangladesh Federal union of Journalists (BFUJ).

Chamber judge Justice Obaydul Hasan passed the order during a hearing on the writ petition filed seeking a stay on the HC order.

With this order, there remains no bar to holding the election which was scheduled for October 23, said petitioner’s lawyer Nure Alam Ujjal.

On September 23, Mohammad Hasan Ferdous, former general secretary of Chattogram Journalist Union, sought the stay until his name was included as a voter.

On September 28, following the petition the High Court issued a rule and ordered a two-month stay on the election of BFUJ.

On October 7, Candidate for Director General’s position in the election Dip Azad filed a petition to participate in the case and sought a stay on the High Court’s order.

Senior lawyer AM Amin Uddin (Attorney General), Sheikh Md Morshed (Deputy Attorney General), Nure Alam Ujjal and Rafsan Alvi presented the petitioner’s side in the court today. Meanwhile, lawyer Shah Manjurul Haque, Tirtha Shalil Paul and Nurul Karim appeared for the earlier petition.

On September 25, BFUJ published the names of candidates in different posts for the election.

BFUJ election commission has published a final list of 33 valid candidates out of 34 nominations filed.

According to BFUJ about 4,000 members have been declared eligible to vote in the election.

Senior Journalist Shahjahan Sardar will conduct the polls as the Chief Election Commissioner, reports UNB.