Dhaka, Oct. 30 -- Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami's nayeb-e-ameer Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher has said that while his party hopes the upcoming national election will be held on schedule, the implementation of the July National Charter - a reform framework backed by most political parties - must not be delayed under any circumstances.
Speaking at a briefing at Jamaat's central office in Moghbazar, Dhaka, on Wednesday, following a meeting with a visiting Commonwealth delegation, Taher demanded that a national referendum on the Charter be held before the parliamentary election, even if that means postponing the polls.
"The referendum before the national election is the right approach," Taher said. "The referendum concerns the reform process, whi...