Ganatantri Party against increase in poll expenses
Ganatantri Party yesterday suggested the Election Commission does not increase the deposit money from existing Tk 10,000 and poll expenditure from existing Tk 15 lakh for each candidate in the parliamentary elections to stop misuse of money.
The EC's proposal, however, is that the deposit money should be increased to Tk 30,000 and the poll expenditure to Tk 25 lakh for electoral campaign.
At a dialogue with the commission, the party leaders also recommended phased introduction of electronic voting machine (EVM) and launching of mass campaign to make the people aware of the new technology.
A six-member delegation led by Ganatantri Party President Mohammad Afzal attended the dialogue at EC secretariat in the city yesterday.
The EC on June 7 launched dialogues with the political parties on issues like RPO, demarcation of constituencies, appointment of election commissioners, and use of EVM.
Nurur Rahman Selim, general secretary of the party, suggested inclusion of National Human Rights Commission chairman in the EC-proposed search committee to appoint EC member.
Their other recommendations include declaring loan defaulters and bill defaulters disqualified for participating in the election and providing tools for election campaign instead of cash by the commission.
At the dialogue, Chief Election Commissioner Dr ATM Shamsul Huda sought cooperation from all to strengthen the commission and improve electoral culture.
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