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Sector commanders to ask EC to bar war criminals from polls

Staff Correspondent
Leaders of the Sector Commanders Forum (SCF) meet with the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) on May 11 to place their demand that war criminals and anti-liberation forces be banned from running in the general election.
SCF will demand that the Election Commission (EC) does not allow political parties that opposed the independence war or were involved in war crimes to register for the upcoming polls.
A platform of the commanders who led the country's liberation war from eleven sectors, SCF has meanwhile scheduled visits to different district headquarters as part of a campaign to mobilise public opinion against war criminals and anti-liberation forces in the country.
The forum begins their campaign with a visit to Dinajpur in North Bengal today.
AK Khandker, president, SCF told The Daily Star last night, "The EC has responded to our appeal and has invited us to talks with them."
"We will hold talks with the CEC and other election commissioners on May 11 to press our demand that the EC disqualifies political parties that were involved in war crimes and opposed the independence war from taking part in any elections," Khandker a war hero,
"Many war criminals have already been identified, though they have not been punished, and anti-liberation forces in the country have also been identified,” he said adding, "We will urge the EC that these identified war criminals and anti-liberation elements are not allowed to take part in the election."
SCF earlier vowed to resist any electoral alliance with antiliberation elements including Jamaat-e-Islami.
SCF would urge people not to vote any political party that makes an electoral alliance with Jamaat, AK Khandker said earlier.
Meanwhile SCF begins a visit to north Bengal today with Dinajpur. They will travel to Rangpur tomorrow and Bogra onThursday.
During their visit, SCF leaders will hold meetings with different socio-cultural organisations and exchange views with freedom fighters and local journalists.
SCF earlier visited the divisional headquarters of the country to create public support for trial of war criminals.
Since its inception in October last year, the Sector Commanders' Forum has been vocal in their demand for a ban on 'anti independence' forces as Jamaat-e-Islami from the national polls.
They have also called for trial of Jamaat leaders and other forces thal committed crimes against humanity while opposing the Liberation War in 1971.