, Sept. 14 -- The upcoming national election will be free, fair and acceptable only when it is held based on the framework of the July Charter, Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Hamidur Rahman Azad said on Sunday.

Speaking at a meeting of the National Consensus Commission at the Foreign Service Academy in the capital, the Jamaat leader outlined two possible ways to implement the charter: either through a Provisional Constitutional Order or by holding a referendum.

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus attended the meeting and focused on the charter's implementation process.

"If political parties fail to reach an agreement, people should decide through a referendum," Azad said.

The Jamaat leader said the government had made reform its top ...