Objections against delimitation of JS constituencies galore
Monday, 2 June 2008
In an objection galore against delimitation of parliamentary constituencies, the Election Commission's complaint box is full with 3,000 objections on 51 out of the 64 redesigned seats, reports UNB.
However, the EC is yet to set the principles on which they would ask the plaintiffs and conduct hearing on the objections.
"No more objections will be taken after the working hours of the day and the hearing will be held from June 8 to 25," Election Commissioner M Sakhawat Hussain told reporters Sunday.
Of the objections, seven or eight are major, he said, while, according to the EC sources, about 3,000 objections have been filed against the draft delimitation.
"There are some objections which suggest delimiting such places where we haven't done it," Sakhawat said, adding that the EC is yet to decide how the process of hearing would be conducted.
There are hundreds of objections on only one constituency regarding the same allegation or suggestion, the Election Commissioner said.
The EC will sit today (Monday) and decide whether to call all the 500 plaintiffs or only a few for a similar type of objections, he said.
About the flaws in the national identity card, he said the NID card would never be used in vote casting. "The flaws in NID card will be corrected steadily after the national elections," he said.
Moreover, the Election Commissioner said, NID card is not for use until the authority (to handle the NID card-related issues) is formed and takes the charge.
"And the flaws on the voter list will be corrected during the 15 days when the draft voter list will be displayed in public and be collected," he said.
However, the EC is yet to set the principles on which they would ask the plaintiffs and conduct hearing on the objections.
"No more objections will be taken after the working hours of the day and the hearing will be held from June 8 to 25," Election Commissioner M Sakhawat Hussain told reporters Sunday.
Of the objections, seven or eight are major, he said, while, according to the EC sources, about 3,000 objections have been filed against the draft delimitation.
"There are some objections which suggest delimiting such places where we haven't done it," Sakhawat said, adding that the EC is yet to decide how the process of hearing would be conducted.
There are hundreds of objections on only one constituency regarding the same allegation or suggestion, the Election Commissioner said.
The EC will sit today (Monday) and decide whether to call all the 500 plaintiffs or only a few for a similar type of objections, he said.
About the flaws in the national identity card, he said the NID card would never be used in vote casting. "The flaws in NID card will be corrected steadily after the national elections," he said.
Moreover, the Election Commissioner said, NID card is not for use until the authority (to handle the NID card-related issues) is formed and takes the charge.
"And the flaws on the voter list will be corrected during the 15 days when the draft voter list will be displayed in public and be collected," he said.