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Download PDF Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda yesterday said the preparation for December 2008 parliament election has to be continued in line with the announced roadmap.
The preparation will continue regardless of storm or flood or any other natural disasters, he said.
“The preparation for election cannot be delayed under any excuse,” the CEC said apparently in a bid to dispel growing doubts over the completion of voter listing on time, as the Election Commission (EC) could not officially kick off the field level task for preparing a fresh voter list with photographs on schedule.
Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed, who was scheduled to formally inaugurate the task in Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) area on last Sunday, changed his mind on Wednesday, as ‘his government’s main priority is now to tackle the prevailing flood situation’.
Referring to the EC’s roadmap announced on July 15, the CEC said the stalled ninth parliamentary election would definitely be held in December 2008 and elections to different local government bodies would be held by this time.
“There is no scope for deviating from the roadmap,” CEC Huda said inaugurating a two-day training programme for district election officers, who will later train about three lakh enumerators and supervisors for simultaneously preparing the voter list with photographs and national identity cards by using high technology.
In its roadmap, the EC announced that the task of preparing the voter list would be completed in October 2008. “October 2008 is the latest for having the voter list ready. We want to complete the entire task before the deadline,” said Huda, who was appointed as CEC on February 4, and announced an 18-month timeframe on April 5 for completing the preparation for holding the parliamentary polls.
“Everybody will have to pledge to do the task properly for holding a free and fair parliamentary election,” said the chief election official.
Huda said the district election officers, who are working as registration officers for preparation of the voter list, have to ensure the quality and efficiency of enumerators and supervisors while recruiting them.
“The enumerators and supervisors engaged other people to get their job done in the past. You will have to be careful so that none can repeat the previous wrongdoing,” the CEC told the field level election officials.
“Image of the Election Commission was tarnished in the past. But now the commission will not allow any wrongdoing. Nobody will be allowed to favour any particular political parties,” he said in a tone of warning to the field level election officials.
Nobody will get promotion on the basis of seniority alone, the CEC said, adding that field level officials will be promoted considering their efficiency and performance.
Referring to the proposed electoral rolls ordinance 2007, which is now underway, the CEC said from now, an eligible person will have to enroll his or her name in the voter list in his working area. “If he or she does not want to register as voter in his place of work, he or she will have to apply to the Election Commission and the commission will decide the matter,” he added.
Election commissioners Muhammed Sohul Hussain and Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain also spoke at the inaugural session of the training programme at Electoral Training Institute in the capital.
August 7th, 2007 at 1:23 pm
When no country is safe in the world from
ecological disasters , people are victimised by
flood, cyclone, earth quake ,First, we have to put forward our undivided attention for the safety of human being . This is the priority.
We have to respect each single sole, A street begger.s life is no less important than the prime minister of a Country.All men are equal before ALLAH.
Why then headache of Voters list. Most part of country marooned, people are dying, people are ill, people are hungry, they need our first attention.
Human being has no importance in third world countries,thats why all these calamities.
Let us serve human being!
Religion is for human being, Holy Quran for human being,so also the politics for human being!
What these unwise leaders doing , when people are dying they are racing for the preparation of voters lists. Fear ALLAH, fear ALLAH! you will all die, yet you donot leave your evil habits, Self esteem of leadership by all crooked leaders!
First be a true human being , Have human sympathy in heart, not only for your self, your family but for all people!
Where all of you are ending up.
Many have extorted money, still roaring selflessly challenging the validity of Investigatots.Blaming GOVT for not preparing Voters List! Rush to election to escape from Justice.
BY saving yourselves from courts of Law, you donot save yourselves, ALLAH’s hidden law will kill you evil doers with many unforeseen calamities & illness!
ALLAH is truth, justice is truth!
Day of ressurection of truth, Judgement day is
truth. How many days ahead for all of us.
life is short lived! Serve humanity not
electoral rolls !