BNP does not want to see any controversial person to be appointed as Chief Justice in the future as the party has given its opinion on making it mandatory to appoint one of the three most senior judges of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court as the Chief Justice.
Party’s Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed said this while talking to reporters during a break in the third day of talks with the National Consensus Commission today at the LD Hall of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban here.
During the talks, the Judicial Reforms Commission has recommended appointing a senior Supreme Court judge as Chief Justice. BNP disagreed on the matter.
However, BNP agreed on the two-thirds vote of both houses of parliament in the impeachment process of the President, Salahuddin Ahmed said, adding that it also agreed on the appointment of the Ombudsman.
“However, we have given our opinion that one of the three most senior judges of the Appellate Division can be made mandatory for the appointment of the Chief Justice," he said.
The BNP leader said the commission’s proposal was that the senior most judge of the Appellate Division should become the Chief Justice.
“Our proposal is that some inconsistencies have been seen in the state before.
It would not be right to specify everything to us in every field. If there is no alternative, something bad can happen in the future. Because, since we want to make the judiciary completely independent, in that case, if a controversial person becomes the Chief Justice like before, it will not be beneficial for the state," he said.
Salahuddin said there should be at least one alternative here, it would be better if at least two or three of the senior most judges of the Appellate Division are in this option.
“However, this place has not been accepted yet. Discussions are still ongoing,” he said.
