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Download PDF The Election Commission (EC) Secretariat yesterday decided to request the cabinet purchase committee to exempt it from the public procurement regulations (PPR) 2003 to enable it to complete printing of the updated voter list by October.
It took the decision at an inter-ministerial meeting that discussed possible complexities arising out of compliance with the PPR.
Sources said the EC Secretariat is going to make such a request mainly due to time constraint caused by the loss of over six months in preparing a controversial fresh voter list. Now, it is not possible to complete printing of the updated voter list this year if the PPR is to be complied with while the parliamentary election is scheduled to be held by January next year, the sources pointed out.
“We will request the cabinet purchase committee to exempt us from the provisions of the PPR so that we can give work orders for printing the updated voter list soon after completing the ongoing task of updating the list,” EC Secretary Abdur Rashid Sarkar told The Daily Star yesterday.
The PPR makes it mandatory to follow the process prescribed in it for giving any work order involving Tk 1 crore or more.
Sources at the EC Secretariat said it will have to spend over Tk 15 crore to complete printing of the updated voter list.
“We want to complete the task by October. But if we follow the PPR, we cannot complete it this year since we will not at least two months to give work orders for the job,” a senior EC official said.
The PPR is applicable to all public procurements by ministries, divisions, departments and various government agencies under them, local government bodies, public corporations and other public bodies. Any exception to this is allowed when the government decides that it is needed in the interest of national security or national defence or because of any emergency.
The PPR seeks to ensure transparency in public procurements.
Yesterday’s meeting held at the EC Secretariat was attended by officials of different ministries, including those of the central procurement technical unit (CPTU) under the planning ministry.
The EC Secretariat also decided to update the existing database of the voter list. Names of new voters will be included in the existing database prepared in 2000. Besides, the names to be deleted from the existing voter list will be dropped from the database, EC officials said.
August 23rd, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Sir I want to know my voter identity information please give me details.
sanjeev kumar malhotra
b-16 gali no. 1 east vinod nagar
delhi-91
August 23rd, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Sir I want to know my voter identity information please give me details.
sanjeev kumar malhotra
b-16 gali no. 1 east vinod nagar
May 12th, 2008 at 11:45 pm
Hi..
Dear Sir i want to know our voter id informition
kindely give me detail
my name is trinetra vikram tiwari vpo prahladpur
banger delhi-42
March 22nd, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Dear sir,
I see my ID card and information.
February 16th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Now I am working at Cox’s bazar but my address is vill:Kandi, PO: Kandi, PS: Kotalipara, Dist: Gopalgonj. it is difficult to go there and its expensive for me to go. how can I conduct this matter.
Please send your available information that will help me lot.
sinscerly,
Goutoum
January 28th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
How can i see my votter list so that i can correct it.
January 28th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
How can i see my votter list so that i can correct it. pls inform me
January 27th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
Becasue of low quality Webcam picture quality falls. And selection people for doing that job was not good
January 25th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
id 0695121248133
currection the date of birth
inputed wrong date of birth 13 aug 1971
correct date of birth is 04 may 1965
January 24th, 2008 at 8:41 am
Sir,
We are living in Australia. Now we want to include our name in Voter List and also want to get Voter ID. Please help us, how can we do this ?