Advisers praise polls, but warn voters
Wednesday, 6 August 2008
Advisers praised the success on Tuesday of the first round of local elections, but warned voters against supporting unworthy candidates in future polls, reports bdnews24.com.
Local government adviser Anwarul Iqbal and communications adviser Ghulam Quader said Monday's polls proved that holding fair elections was very much possible.
Calling the local government polls 'a test case', both advisers said the government would now deliberate on and decide how far the state of emergency might be lifted during the forthcoming Jatiya Sangsad elections.
Iqbal told reporters: "The successful staging of the polls has also been a huge success for the government."
"The Election Commission will have identified the problems associated with holding elections using voter lists with photos and address those problems to do better in the forthcoming national polls," he said.
Local government adviser Anwarul Iqbal and communications adviser Ghulam Quader said Monday's polls proved that holding fair elections was very much possible.
Calling the local government polls 'a test case', both advisers said the government would now deliberate on and decide how far the state of emergency might be lifted during the forthcoming Jatiya Sangsad elections.
Iqbal told reporters: "The successful staging of the polls has also been a huge success for the government."
"The Election Commission will have identified the problems associated with holding elections using voter lists with photos and address those problems to do better in the forthcoming national polls," he said.