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MP Enamul's Violation of Rules

EC won't take step

Staff Correspondent
The Election Commission yesterday decided not to take action against ruling Awami League lawmaker Enamul Haque for his violation of electoral laws, four days after the Speaker defended the parliamentarian.
On May 9, Speaker Abdul Hamid ques-
tioned the ACC's jurisdiction to look into the issue of conflict of interests of lawmakers. He defended Enamul, who, according to the ACC, violated electoral laws by doing business with the government.
The EC at a meeting yesterday decided not to proceed with the Anti-Corruption Commission's request to take legal action against Enamul, said sources.
The commission will not reply to the ACC that urged the EC to take action. It will take steps if the Parliament Secretariat takes any action against the ruling party lawmaker following the ACC letter, the sources added.
"The Election Commission does not have anything to do against Enamul Haque. It is the parliament that can take step to this effect," Election Commissioner Mohammad Shahnewaz told reporters at his office yesterday.
But the Speaker is unwilling to take action to this effect. On his directive, the
Parliament Secretariat recently sent a letter to the ACC chairman seeking explanation for his letter to the Speaker.
The ACC chief last month sent a letter to the Speaker and the EC to take action against Enamul, lawmaker of Rajshahi-4 constituency, for doing business with the government.
The Representation of the People's Order does not allow any lawmaker to do business with the government.
If anyone violates the provision, the person will be disqualified to continue as a lawmaker.
Following news reports, the ACC probed the allegations against Enamul and
found that his business firm, Northern Power Solution Ltd, signed an agreement with Bangladesh Power Development Board for setting up a 50MW-rental power plant in Rajshahi after he became a lawmaker.
It also found that Enamul's other business firm Ena Properties inked a deal with the Rajshahi City Corporation to build a multi-storey city centre.
The EC yesterday also decided to scrap the previous EC's recommendation to bring changes to the electoral laws for updating the voter list at any time in a year.
The current EC is in favour of retaining the provision that provides for
updating the voter list in January every year.
Meanwhile, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad said the EC is monitoring the task of correcting the errors in the voter list.
"There are some errors. And it happened in various stages while updating the voter list," he told reporters.
On election to the split Dhaka City Corporation, the CEC said the commission will hold meetings with the LGRD ministry and legal experts before making any decision.
It will not be possible to update the voter list in the capital without redrawing the boundaries of the split DCC.hesaid.