Staff Reporter:
Opposition leader and Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Shafiqur Rahman on Sunday said the Jamaat-led 11-party alliance wants the issue of the constitutional reform council to be resolved in parliament, but warned they would take to the streets if the matter is not settled there.
Speaking to reporters at the parliament gate after the adjournment of the day’s business of the Parlia-ment, he said the alliance would first pursue the matter through parliamentary procedures.
“Following the Speaker’s request, we will submit a notice. We want the issue to be resolved inside par-liament. But if, for any reason, a normal solution is not reached there, we will have to go to the streets with a movement,” he said.
However, he added that they prefer a parliamentary solution. “We do not want that situation. Since we have raised the issue and the Speaker asked us to submit a notice after considering it, the matter can pro-ceed in that process,” he said.
Responding to a question about the proposal by Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed to discuss the issue at a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee, the opposition leader said they do not consider it a mat-ter for that committee.
“We believe this is a matter for parliament. It should be resolved in parliament,” he said.
