AL submits registration form to EC today
Wednesday, 15 October 2008
Awami League (AL) will submit its registration form to the Election Commission (EC) today (Wednesday) morning within the previously-set deadline after provisionally amending party constitution in preparation for the December elections, reports UNB.
Party's Acting General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam said Tuesday they welcomed the extension of the timeframe for registration, which they thought in no way cause deferment of the general election set for December 18.
Talking to reporters at the party's Dhanmondi office he said they would have no problem following the deferment of the registration date as they wanted all political parties to get registered with the Election Commission and participate in the parliamentary polls.
"We also do not believe that extension of the registration date will create any possibility of deferment of the parliamentary polls," he said.
He noted that as the Chief Adviser and the EC were repeatedly assuring the nation of holding the elections on the declared date, there was no scope for harbouring doubt about the elections on December 18.
"The December 18 elections cannot be deferred even for a single minute," he said.
Ashraful also suggested the government to provide Awami League president Sheikh Hasina and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, the two former premiers, with special security ahead of the national elections being held at a critical time in the country's political history.
Party's Acting General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam said Tuesday they welcomed the extension of the timeframe for registration, which they thought in no way cause deferment of the general election set for December 18.
Talking to reporters at the party's Dhanmondi office he said they would have no problem following the deferment of the registration date as they wanted all political parties to get registered with the Election Commission and participate in the parliamentary polls.
"We also do not believe that extension of the registration date will create any possibility of deferment of the parliamentary polls," he said.
He noted that as the Chief Adviser and the EC were repeatedly assuring the nation of holding the elections on the declared date, there was no scope for harbouring doubt about the elections on December 18.
"The December 18 elections cannot be deferred even for a single minute," he said.
Ashraful also suggested the government to provide Awami League president Sheikh Hasina and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, the two former premiers, with special security ahead of the national elections being held at a critical time in the country's political history.