If polls not held on time, July Charter have to be passed: Taher

Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher has said that the July Charter is a very important document that it must be implemented through a referendum, even if some funds are spent

“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 reporters after a meeting with a Commonwealth delegation to Bangladesh at the Jamaat-e-Islami central office on Wednesday.

”If for some reason the national election cannot be held at the right time — we hope, InShaAllah, it will be held at the right time — then the July Charter will still have to be passed.”

Muhammad Taher said, “We think that a referendum before the national election is the right decision. And a separate referendum should be held before the national election. Because the referendum is about public opinion on the July Charter.”