Dhaka, May 19 -- Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has urged the introduction of legal provisions to allow for the dismissal and prosecution of election commissioners for misconduct, even after their retirement.

This demand forms part of the party's broader reform agenda submitted to the National Consensus Commission.

Speaking to journalists during a break in an extended dialogue held at the LD Hall of the Jatiya Sangsad on Sunday, Jamaat's Nayeb-e-Ameer Dr Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher criticised the current legal framework for lacking adequate mechanisms to hold commissioners accountable for failing to conduct free and fair elections.

"For the past 15 years, and even earlier, the Election Commission has been responsible for conducting fair e...