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The EC canceled the registration of the PDP
In the second phase, elections will be held in some 70 municipalities in mid-January. The election calendar can be announced this week. This time 194 municipalities will vote in four stages. In a first phase, the schedule for 25 municipalities has already been announced.
The decision was made at a meeting of the Electoral Commission held at the Elections Building in Agargaon on Sunday (November 29). At the end of the meeting, the senior secretary of the EC Secretariat. Alamgir shared this information with reporters.
The meeting was held at the Agargaon Elections Building under the chairmanship of the Chief Elections Commissioner (CEC), KM Nurul Huda. The EC secretary briefed journalists on the decision of the commission meeting that night. This time the commission wants to hold municipal elections in four steps. In the first phase, the voting schedule for December 26 has been given in 25 municipalities in EVM. Of more than 300 municipalities, 189 more are eligible for elections in February. General issues were discussed at the commission meeting on Sunday.
Secretary of the EC on the decision of the Commission. Alamgir said the decision was made to hold elections in 189 municipalities in three stages. The second round of voting is in mid-January, the third round of voting is in late January. The fourth round of voting will take place in mid-February. To this end, this week the voting calendar of the municipalities of the second phase may be announced. The secretary said that it would not be possible to vote in EVM in all municipalities due to capacity, availability, trained people and technical issues.
He said that the EVM vote will take place in about 30 municipalities at each stage. The rest will be voted by ballot. As it is winter, voting will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The schedule for the second phase will be very soon. The schedule will be given only if the work plan is approved by the commission. In the remaining municipalities, at least 60 municipalities will be scheduled in each step, the secretary said.
Chief Elections Commissioner KM Nurul Huda has already said that the rest of the elections will take place at EVM step by step. There are a total of 329 municipalities in the country. According to the law, the municipality must vote within 90 days prior to the expiration of the term.
After the amendment of the local government law, the first party symbol was voted on in the municipality in 2015. 20 service teams participated in the vote. The last municipal election calendar was announced on November 24, 2015. The voting date was given on December 30 with a time limit of 36 days. The vote took place in 234 municipalities in one day. In the rest, the vote was carried out considering the expiration date and various complications.
Regarding the registration of expatriate voters, the EC secretary said the meeting decided that no fee would be charged to register as expatriate voters.
PDP registration canceled:
The EC secretary said the meeting had made a final decision to unregister the Democratic Progressive Party (PDP). The PDP did not meet most of the conditions required to register as a political party in the EC. That is why the match registration has been canceled. Maryland. Alamgir said that the EC had found that the PDP did not meet the conditions for registration. They were later notified to prove cause. There is also a hearing on this. The team provided some papers. But the EC has found that it does not meet most of the requirements for registration.
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