Writ filed challenging legality of Article 70
Published : 17 Apr 2017, 15:06
A Supreme Court lawyer today filed a writ petition with the High Court challenging the legality of Article 70 of the Constitution regarding cancellation of membership of a lawmaker for voting against his or her political party.
Advocate Eunus Ali Akond submitted the petition saying that the Article 70 of the Constitution is against the democracy and Article 7, 19, 26, 27, 44, 31 and 119 of the constitution.
Under the democracy, the republic will run by the elected representatives, he told The Daily Star adding that if a parliament lawmaker’s membership is cancelled for voting against his or her political party, he can’t independently vote for the public interest.
He prayed to the HC to cancel Article 70 of the Constitution, he said.
He also told this correspondent that the HC is yet to fix any date for hearing the writ petition.
Source: thedailystar