New symbol for candidate validated by court if there are two from same party
Sunday, 21 December 2008
The Election Commission (EC) would allocate election symbol to one who would come with High Court (HC) order if there remained two candidates from the same political party in the poll race, reports UNB.
And the left-out valid candidate might be allocated symbol reserved for independents if the candidate desired to contest the polls for the same parliamentary seat.
"We've to abide by the HC order although it is contradictory to the Representation of People Order (RPO)," Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain told journalists at his office Saturday afternoon.
He explained the EC position amid variegated views over last-minute court orders validating candidacies of those whose nominations were cancelled by the Election Commission (EC) through the scrutiny and then appeal hearings.
He said if the winning candidates with the court orders later failed in the court hearing, their candidatures would be cancelled and by-election would be held there.
The Election Commissioner said according to Section 12 of the RPO, drafted with strict provisions under the interim regime's politico-electoral reforms, the candidates could be disqualified even after they won the election.
And the left-out valid candidate might be allocated symbol reserved for independents if the candidate desired to contest the polls for the same parliamentary seat.
"We've to abide by the HC order although it is contradictory to the Representation of People Order (RPO)," Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain told journalists at his office Saturday afternoon.
He explained the EC position amid variegated views over last-minute court orders validating candidacies of those whose nominations were cancelled by the Election Commission (EC) through the scrutiny and then appeal hearings.
He said if the winning candidates with the court orders later failed in the court hearing, their candidatures would be cancelled and by-election would be held there.
The Election Commissioner said according to Section 12 of the RPO, drafted with strict provisions under the interim regime's politico-electoral reforms, the candidates could be disqualified even after they won the election.