AL's registration depends on EC's technical body's vetting report: Sohul
Friday, 17 October 2008
After getting the vetting report from its technical committee, the Election Commission (EC) would take decision about the Awami League's (AL's) application for registration which could not fulfil all criteria set by the EC, one commissioner said Thursday, reports UNB.
A competent source, meanwhile, said that the full Election Commission headed by Chief Election Commissioner ATM Shamsul Huda visited the Chief Adviser's office at 4:30pm Thursday to apprise him of the latest situation. Awami League's registration issue might have been discussed at the time.
"We don't know what the political parties had submitted to the Commission. Wait for some time," Election Commissioner M Sohul Hussain told reporters in reply to a question at his office in the afternoon, a day after AL had applied for registration with mention of domestic associate organisations and foreign fronts in the party constitution.
He said a five-member technical committee headed by EC Joint Secretary (Law) NI Khan had been formed for scrutinising the documents submitted by the political parties for registration and the committee would submit the reports to the Commission before October 30. "The Commission will then decide about the matters."
The election commissioner said the technical committee would deal with the issues of registration applications submitted by the political parties and, if necessary, it would contact the parties for solving the problems.
Asked what if Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) could not apply before October 20, as they had to sit in dialogue with the government, Sohul Hussain said the Election Commission wanted to get the application within the deadline that had been extended until October 20.
A competent source, meanwhile, said that the full Election Commission headed by Chief Election Commissioner ATM Shamsul Huda visited the Chief Adviser's office at 4:30pm Thursday to apprise him of the latest situation. Awami League's registration issue might have been discussed at the time.
"We don't know what the political parties had submitted to the Commission. Wait for some time," Election Commissioner M Sohul Hussain told reporters in reply to a question at his office in the afternoon, a day after AL had applied for registration with mention of domestic associate organisations and foreign fronts in the party constitution.
He said a five-member technical committee headed by EC Joint Secretary (Law) NI Khan had been formed for scrutinising the documents submitted by the political parties for registration and the committee would submit the reports to the Commission before October 30. "The Commission will then decide about the matters."
The election commissioner said the technical committee would deal with the issues of registration applications submitted by the political parties and, if necessary, it would contact the parties for solving the problems.
Asked what if Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) could not apply before October 20, as they had to sit in dialogue with the government, Sohul Hussain said the Election Commission wanted to get the application within the deadline that had been extended until October 20.