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RPO Criteria for Registration

EC to ask AL to right its constitution

JP already told to correct 2 interim provisions

Staff Correspondent
The Election Commission (EC) will ask Awami League (AL) to correct its provisional constitution that ignored the registration laws by retaining the provisions for associated organisations of students and workers, and chapters abroad.
It already directed Ershad-lcd Jatiya Party (JP) yesterday to set right two of its interim charter provisions--one on selection of parliamentary contestants and the other on woman representation in party committees, EC Secretariat sources said.
A committee commissioned by
the EC to scrutinise the registration applications came up with the decisions.
It is also working to discuss the issues with AL in a couple of days.
On receipt of applications from AL and JP Wednesday, the five-member committee led by an EC Secretariat’s joint secretary examined the documents tagged with the application forms.
They found that provisional constitutions of both the parties do not fully meet the registration criteria laid down in the revised Representation of tire People Order (RPO), the sources added.
According to the RPO, a party
seeking registration with the EC must incorporate in its provisional constitution specific provisions doing away with the associated organisations made up of students and workers, and overseas chapters.
But AL kept Sramik League and Chhatra League, as its labour and student wings, along with the other auxiliary bodies.
Its interim constitution still has the provision for chapters abroad.
Besides, the party, one of the largest in tire country, did not furnish the EC with its bank statements.
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Instead, it gave typescript statements containing information on its bank accounts and balances, said the EC sources.
The committee will ask AL to submit proper bank statements.
On the other hand, JP's provisional constitution has no provision to empower its grassroots to pick prospective candidates in panels.
It means the JP parliamentary board's complete authority to finalise candidates for general election remains, members of the scrutiny committee said.
The RPO says a party constitution rffilsfsHpUlite CKafpaflrafrfen-tary contenders will have to be chosen from panels selected by party grassroots.
The JP provisional constitution also passes over the registration criterion for having a provision to ensure 33 percent positions reserved for women in committees at all levels by 2020.
The JP charter simply says there would be efforts to that end.
Meanwhile, the EC at a meeting yesterday discussed the overall progress in its registration drive.
As of yesterday, 29 parties applied for registration. The num-
ber of forms collected stood at 180, said the EC Secretariat sources.
At the meeting, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda asked the committee to carefully examine the documents submitted as registration requirements, meeting sources said.
According to the decisions taken at the meeting, the committee will work to resolve inconsistency, if any, in the party constitutions or any other documents.
“If it fads, it will leave the matters for the commission to settle," Election Commissioner
Queried about the apparent reluctance of BNP and its ally Jamaat-e-Islami to apply for registration, he said the commission hopes both the parties will in the end apply.
The closing date for registration applications now is October 20 after the EC recently extended the time limit by five days.
The time extension came in response to the demands of BNP and Jamaat.