Khaleda finally enrolls as a voter
Sunday, 30 November 2008
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia was enrolled as a voter Saturday, just hours after the party presented its list of hopefuls for the upcoming 9th parliamentary election, and a day before the deadline for the former PM to enroll, reports bdnews24.com.
The four-party alliance finalised their seat allocations and nominations Friday. BNP's announcement of names began from Saturday morning at the chairperson's Gulshan office.
Khaleda completed the enrollment process at around 6:30pm from her Dhaka Cantonment residence, said district election officer Faisal Quader.
"We received message from Khaleda Zia's people at around 4pm that she is ready to enlist. Election and voter listing officials then went to her Moinul Road residence to complete formalities of finger-printing and photo-taking," he added.
Today (Sunday) is the last day for submission of nominations, which was also the Election Commission's (EC) deadline for the candidates' enrollment as voters.
The EC had previously announced that, in line with the new electoral laws, all aspiring candidates would have to enroll by the deadline for submission of nominations.
The former prime minister had earlier in the year refused to enroll as a voter while behind bars in special jail.
The four-party alliance finalised their seat allocations and nominations Friday. BNP's announcement of names began from Saturday morning at the chairperson's Gulshan office.
Khaleda completed the enrollment process at around 6:30pm from her Dhaka Cantonment residence, said district election officer Faisal Quader.
"We received message from Khaleda Zia's people at around 4pm that she is ready to enlist. Election and voter listing officials then went to her Moinul Road residence to complete formalities of finger-printing and photo-taking," he added.
Today (Sunday) is the last day for submission of nominations, which was also the Election Commission's (EC) deadline for the candidates' enrollment as voters.
The EC had previously announced that, in line with the new electoral laws, all aspiring candidates would have to enroll by the deadline for submission of nominations.
The former prime minister had earlier in the year refused to enroll as a voter while behind bars in special jail.