EC asks MP candidates to submit election expense info

The Election Commission (EC) has requested that all candidates who contested the 13th Jatiya Sangsad election submit their election expenditure returns to their respective Returning Officers (ROs), reports BSS.
This information was revealed in a letter signed by Senior Assistant Secretary ASM Iqbal Hasan of the EC Secretariat on Tuesday. The letter has been sent to all ROs across the country.
The letter stated that in accordance with Article 44(c) of the Representation of the People Order (RPO), 1972, all contesting candidates are required to submit their election expenditure returns to the RO within 30 days of the publication of the official gazette containing the names of the elected candidates.
The gazette listing the names and addresses of the elected candidates of the election was published on February 13.
The letter further requested that necessary steps be taken, in line with circular-18 issued for the 13th JS election, to ensure the submission of expenditure statements by the contesting candidates.