MPO enlisted teachers can contest JS polls, not UZ polls: EC secy
Saturday, 8 November 2008
Schoolteachers included in the Monthly Payment Order (MPO) system can contest in the upcoming parliamentary election retaining their posts, but they must resign if they want to contest the upazila polls, Election Commission (EC) secretary M Humayun Kabir said Friday, reports UNB.
The EC secretary made the remark while replying to queries from journalists after attending a training workshop on "Electoral Laws and Rules" at the EC conference room in the city Friday.
All kinds of issues relating to the upcoming parliamentary and upazila polls were discussed in the workshop, Kabir said.
About loan and bill defaulters, he said they would be eligible to contest the election only if they can prove they had cleared their loans and bills for the last three months from the date of filing of nomination papers.
Divisional Commissioners of Dhaka and Chittagong, Additional Deputy Commissioners (revenue and general) of Dhaka, Rajshahi, Barisal, Khulna, Chittagong and Sylhet, Zonal Executive Officers of Dhaka City Corporation and Cantonment Executive Officers (CEO) of Dhaka and Chittagong attended the workshop.
The EC secretary made the remark while replying to queries from journalists after attending a training workshop on "Electoral Laws and Rules" at the EC conference room in the city Friday.
All kinds of issues relating to the upcoming parliamentary and upazila polls were discussed in the workshop, Kabir said.
About loan and bill defaulters, he said they would be eligible to contest the election only if they can prove they had cleared their loans and bills for the last three months from the date of filing of nomination papers.
Divisional Commissioners of Dhaka and Chittagong, Additional Deputy Commissioners (revenue and general) of Dhaka, Rajshahi, Barisal, Khulna, Chittagong and Sylhet, Zonal Executive Officers of Dhaka City Corporation and Cantonment Executive Officers (CEO) of Dhaka and Chittagong attended the workshop.