Election-monitoring bodies must be accredited to EC
Friday, 12 September 2008
The election-monitoring organisations must get registered with the Election Commission (EC) for accreditation to observe the upcoming elections, EC secretary M Humayun Kabir said Thursday, as they prepared for calling the next polls, reports UNB.
"The EC has formulated a draft policy about the domestic election observers," he told a press briefing at the EC secretariat in the afternoon.
The EC secretary said the registration of the election observers would be accredited to the commission for one year and they would be able to monitor any election during the term of their accreditation.
He said according to the new policy an election observer would have educational qualification of at least SSC and must be above 25 years of age. "They will be allowed to stay during the ballot counting," he said.
Replying to a question, Humayun Kabir said the commission already had a different policy for the foreign election observers and that also might be amended as per the new domestic observer policy.
He said all the organisations should be individually registered with the EC and two organisations would be allowed to monitor the polls in every upazila area. "In that way the organisations of election observers will be evenly distributed," he said.
The EC secretary said at least one observer must have to stay in every polling centre but maximum one observer would be allowed to stay in each booth.
Replying to a question, he said the circular for the election observers' registration would be published after finalising the observation policy within the middle of October.
"The EC has formulated a draft policy about the domestic election observers," he told a press briefing at the EC secretariat in the afternoon.
The EC secretary said the registration of the election observers would be accredited to the commission for one year and they would be able to monitor any election during the term of their accreditation.
He said according to the new policy an election observer would have educational qualification of at least SSC and must be above 25 years of age. "They will be allowed to stay during the ballot counting," he said.
Replying to a question, Humayun Kabir said the commission already had a different policy for the foreign election observers and that also might be amended as per the new domestic observer policy.
He said all the organisations should be individually registered with the EC and two organisations would be allowed to monitor the polls in every upazila area. "In that way the organisations of election observers will be evenly distributed," he said.
The EC secretary said at least one observer must have to stay in every polling centre but maximum one observer would be allowed to stay in each booth.
Replying to a question, he said the circular for the election observers' registration would be published after finalising the observation policy within the middle of October.