EC orders to stop showdown

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Publish : 13 Nov 2018, 12:00 AM

Election Commission (EC) has ordered Executive Magistrates and law enforcement agencies to maintain election code of conduct keeping ahead the eleventh national parliament election. By this time processions, rallies and show down by the nomination seekers have begun elsewhere which are against the election code of conduct. In this regard EC has given order so that election code of conduct is not violated during the campaign of upcoming general election.

EC Joint Secretary Farhad Ahmed Khan sent letter to public administration ministry to appoint one Executive Magistrate in each upazila for taking steps to maintain code of conduct. Along with EC also sent letter to Inspector General of Police about law and order situation mentioning that after declaring schedule it is violation of code of conduct to hold any type of procession or showdown for the candidate.

EC Secretary Helal Uddin Ahmed told Rtv online, no showdown is allowed while collecting party nomination papers or submitting that to the Returning Officers at the district level. It is violation of election code of conduct to organize people through processions, motorcycle rallies or renting trucks or pick up vans. So law enforcing agencies and Returning Officers were asked to take stern action against showdown in the letter.

Officers of EC election organizing department said, the matter of procession-showdown by the possible candidates and their supporters centering political party’s form collection has come into the notice of the commission. The showdown is going on centering the parties’ central offices. These are violation of code of conduct. In this regard letters were issued to concerned ministries, police head quarters and DMP Commissioners. The commission will pay attention to maintain code of conduct after declaring the election schedule and till publishing gazette of the results.

There is opportunity to campaign abiding by the rules after getting the election symbol. The code of conduct mentioned that no procession or showdown is allowed using bus, truck, motorcycle, boat, train or any machine run vehicle. No showdown is allowed while submitting nomination papers. No meeting or street gathering is allowed on roads which create obstacles to people.

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