General election to be held free, fair under emergency: Advisers
Friday, 8 August 2008
As the crucial general election draws closer, the key politicians and advisers of the caretaker government are engrossed in intense debate over the holding of the polls in December under the state of emergency, reports UNB.
The long-running issue came to limelight after the August 4 election to four city corporations and nine municipalities were held peacefully with large voter turnout under cover of the emergency, which was clamped down apparently to disengage politicians feuding over the issues of general election that was eventually stalled in January last year.
After the successful holding of these local polls, the caretaker administration got a strong point that it is possible to hold the general election too under the emergency, but the key protagonists in political domain vehemently opposed the theory.
The government position was clearly reflected Thursday when LGRD Adviser Anwarul Iqbal stated that the coming general election would also be held under the state of emergency, as "everybody appreciated" the holding of the recent local elections smoothly.
"It matters little who made what comment
The long-running issue came to limelight after the August 4 election to four city corporations and nine municipalities were held peacefully with large voter turnout under cover of the emergency, which was clamped down apparently to disengage politicians feuding over the issues of general election that was eventually stalled in January last year.
After the successful holding of these local polls, the caretaker administration got a strong point that it is possible to hold the general election too under the emergency, but the key protagonists in political domain vehemently opposed the theory.
The government position was clearly reflected Thursday when LGRD Adviser Anwarul Iqbal stated that the coming general election would also be held under the state of emergency, as "everybody appreciated" the holding of the recent local elections smoothly.
"It matters little who made what comment