Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda today said the Election Commission (EC) is determined to follow the roadmap it declared for holding the stalled general elections by December 2008.
He made the comment at a view exchange meeting with local officials at Khulna’s Zia Hall in relation to voter registration and preparation of national ID cards.
Living up to its election plan, the CEC said, the EC will ensure that the voter list with photographs gets completed and national identity cards reach every citizen before the next parliamentary polls.
The national ID cards will leave no room for false votes, he added.
The CEC hoped that the interim government will lift ban on political activities by September so the EC could begin dialogue with political parties according to the roadmap.
He regretted that all the past governments had misused the EC for political ends but said the present government has made the commission fully independent.
Huda warned that any individual trying to list themselves in the electoral roll from more than one place will be handed down exemplary punishment.
Presided over by Khulna’s Deputy Commissioner SM Firoz Alam, the meeting was addressed by, among others, Khulna City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Tayebur Rahman.
Before leaving Khulna in the afternoon, the CEC visited six voter registration centres where work on listing voters began on Friday.
He was apprised that 56,412 people filled in forms in five days in the city corporation’s six wards.
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