By Jun Mai in South China Morning Post, Oct 27, 2017 Three disgraced senior officials from China’s Communist Party, including a man once considered a possible successor to President Xi Jinping, have been accused of rigging internal elections, as the party revealed on Thursday it abandoned a vote-based promotion system at its latest leadership reshuffle. Bottom of Form The accused cadres are the former security tsar Zhou Yongkang, former chief of staff to President Hu…
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By Liu Zhen in South China Morning Post, Oct 27, 2017 China’s Communist Party has appointed a new slimmed down Central Military Commission to oversee the nation’s armed forces. Analysts said the appointments further strengthened Xi’s control over the commission, which he heads. The body will be led by a seven member group, down from the 11 who oversaw its operations previously. The changes come as Xi has initiated a massive modernisation programme for the…
The writer is a commentator on current affairs and former Associate Editor, The Daily Star. One can draw two significant messages from Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s just-concluded visit to Bangladesh: First, she has basically reiterated India’s position that an incumbent government is obligated to hold the general election, if and when it falls due in a democratic country. She, however, added, that how an election will be held would be determined by the…
Report in Dhaka Tribune, Oct 26, 2017 at 11.05pm The Inter-Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR) has denied news reports that some army officers recently held a secret meeting in Dhaka to discuss a sensitive matter. Indian daily The Telegraph on last Wednesday published a report claiming that 20 retired and serving officers met at the residence of a retired lieutenant general on October 21. The report mentioned multiple sources in Dhaka and New Delhi. The…
report in bdnews24.com, Oct 27, 2017 Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda has said the Election Commission has nothing to do with the polls-time government.It is none of commission’s business whether the current parliament will continue to function during the next general elections, he added. “There is no scope to go beyond the Constitution and the law. The election will have to be held in the existing constitutional system,” CEC Nurul Huda said at a…