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FBCCI board to talk election preparations today

STAR BUSINESS REPORT
The Election Board of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) will sit today to review polls preparations as the court has given the go-ahead for holding the election on schedule.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the board to complete the election as per the schedule announced on June 5, 2003, removing the uncertainty over the election billed for August 25 next.
A member of the FBCCI election board yesterday told The Daily Star that the Appellate Division ruling
removed the legal bar on holding the election. "We felt relieved receiving the court order," he said.
However, the Appellate Division will hear on August 9 the writ on the legality of the government statutory regulatory order (SRO) which brought in reforms in FBCCI election process.
Election Board Chairman Lt Col (retd) Anisuzzaman said the board had stopped election proceedings following the High Court's July 26 stay order on the operation of the SRO, but he is confident that preparations could be completed before voting day.
"We have to work hurriedly to complete preparation in time as we
have already lost 10 days due to the court order," he said.
As per schedule, today is the last day of withdrawing candidature. But none quit the race till yesterday. The election board will publish final list of candidates tomorrow.
A total of 74 candidates -- 45 from association group and 29 from chamber group submitted nomination papers and all of them were declared valid after scrutiny.
The FBCCI polls became uncertain after a High Court Division bench on July 26 issued a rule upon the government asking it to show cause in three weeks why the SRO on FBCCI election reform should not be declared illegal.
The High Court also stayed for a month the operation of the commerce ministry SRO that introduced a new system of election to the apex trade body.
Under the new system, FBCCI president and vice presidents will be elected by its directors instead of direct voting by the members.
The rule followed a writ petition filed by M A Rouf Chowdhury, president of the Bangladesh Vegetable Oil Refiners and Vanaspati Manufacturers Association.
The government moved to vacate the stay order but a chamber bench of the Appellate Division rejected the petition on July 28.