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Download PDF Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda has said there is no scope for inclusion of Rohingyas in the voter list.
“Only the country’s real citizens who live in particular addresses will be made voters and provided with voter ID cards,” the CEC told a view-exchange meeting here yesterday.
The circle chief of the area, government officials, public representatives, the district election officer, enumerators, supervisors and local elite attended the meeting at Bandarban Tribal Cultural Institution.
Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) M Shakhawat Hossain, 69 Infantry Brigade Commander Brig General ATM Ziaul Hasan, Bandarban Hill District Council Chairman Prof Tanzama Lusai, Sadar Zone Commander Lt Col Mohammad Ali Sohel and the police superintendent were present as special guests. Deputy Commissioner M Abdul Majid Shah Akhand presided over the meeting.
The army officers apprised the meeting of the progress of preparing the voter list with photographs.
They said 98 percent work of preparing the voter list with photographs has already been completed in the district and the rest will be finished by December 9.
In the second phase of the work, voter registration will start in Thanchhi upazila on December 13 while photo taking on December 26.
Earlier, the CEC and the EC separately exchanged views with the officials engaged in preparing the voter list at the cantonment and the Circuit House.
The CEC, after reviewing the photograph taking and data entry work, will leave for Rangamati today.
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