EC approves major political parties' registration
Friday, 24 October 2008
The Election Commission (EC) Thursday approved the registration procedures of major political parties like Awami League (AL), Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and Jatiya Party, thereby giving them ticket for going to the crucial polls in a changed situation, reports UNB.
The Commission also started finalising the registration process for other political parties that had taken part in dialogue with the Commission on electoral reforms that also induced changes in the parties.
Meanwhile, EC's technical committee head joint secretary NI Khan told reporters Thursday that the home ministry issued a notice to the Election Commission asking it not to register four parties with the Commission for their suspected track records as militant groups.
The groups are Shahadat-e-Al-Hikma, Jagrata Muslim Janata, Jamaat-e-Mujaheedin and Harkatul Jihad.
"The first phase of registration work about AL, BNP, Jamaat and Jatiya Party has already been completed. Now I've asked for publishing the public notification about them," Chief Election
Commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda told reporters at the EC secretariat in reply to a question.
He said the Commission got satisfied with the four political parties that had applied for registration to the EC through submitting the requisite papers.
Dr Huda said there would be no problem for the remaining 12 political parties that had participated in the dialogue to get registered with the Commission. "But the field-level verification has been going on about the new political parties," he noted.
The Commission also started finalising the registration process for other political parties that had taken part in dialogue with the Commission on electoral reforms that also induced changes in the parties.
Meanwhile, EC's technical committee head joint secretary NI Khan told reporters Thursday that the home ministry issued a notice to the Election Commission asking it not to register four parties with the Commission for their suspected track records as militant groups.
The groups are Shahadat-e-Al-Hikma, Jagrata Muslim Janata, Jamaat-e-Mujaheedin and Harkatul Jihad.
"The first phase of registration work about AL, BNP, Jamaat and Jatiya Party has already been completed. Now I've asked for publishing the public notification about them," Chief Election
Commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda told reporters at the EC secretariat in reply to a question.
He said the Commission got satisfied with the four political parties that had applied for registration to the EC through submitting the requisite papers.
Dr Huda said there would be no problem for the remaining 12 political parties that had participated in the dialogue to get registered with the Commission. "But the field-level verification has been going on about the new political parties," he noted.