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Parliamentary, Local Govt Elections

RPO to have provision for cancellation of candidature for providing false info

UNB,Dhaka
A provision has been incorporated in the draft of the Representative of Public Order (RPO) so that the candidature of any election candidate can be cancelled for providing false information through affidavit to the Election Commission (EC).
As per the new provision, if the evidence of providing false information are found after the gazette notification of the election results or the candidates' oaths, the EC would suggest to parliament and the LGRD ministry that the membership of the candidate concerned in parliament and other local bodies be cancelled.
"According to the draft electoral rules (RPO), the candidates will have to submit some specific information along with their nomination papers... we have made a format to facilitate the candidates to provide the information," Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hussain told reporters yesterday.
He said the candidates would have to put forward the information through affidavit before the notary public wherever it would be-neces- -sary to certify the information.
"The Election Commission can cancel the candidature if it is proved that a candidate deliberately provided false information through sworn statement," Sakhawat said.
"If it's proved after the gazette notification of the election results or the candidates' oaths, we'll send our suggestion to parliament asking the Speaker so that his/her membership in parliament is cancelled," hesaid.
About the elected local body
members, he said the Commission would suggest to the LGRD Ministry to cancel the membership. "But before the gazette notification of the election results or the candidates' oaths, we can cancel the candidature,” the election commissioner said.
Asked about the voter registration programme, Sakhawat said, "The progress is so far so good More than 5.10 crore voters have been registered."
He hoped that the primary voter list would be completed by June if the weather permits. "It seems that
the voter list will be ready by the end of September or the first week of October. We can announce the complete schedule (of national election) only after receiving the final voter list,"he said.
About holding election of Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal and Sylhet city corporations and seven municipalities, Sakhawat said the HSC examinations are going to start on May 29 after the completion of the SSC examinations on April 27. "We're planning to hold the elections in between the period," he said.