Dhaka, Oct. 29 -- If, for some reason, the 13th national parliamentary election is not held "at the scheduled time", the July Charter can still be passed and a referendum should thus be held prior to it, says Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer Abdullah Mohammad Taher.

He said, "If for some reason the national election cannot be held at the right time -- we hope, In Sha Allah, it will be held at the right time -- then the July Charter will still have to be passed."

"The July Charter is a matter of reform so I have never thought it was right to combine the two issues because it can lead to uncertainty regarding the July Charter."

Taher made the remarks to the media after a meeting with a Commonwealth delegation to Bangladesh led by Linford An...