Wealth information of candidates

THERE'S some talk about withdrawal from the public domain the wealth statements submitted to the EC by the candidates on the eve of 10th Jatiya Sangsad election.  The voters have the right to know about the wealth status of candidates as a mark of their integrity based on which they will elect their representatives in parliament. A High Court order on May, 2005 required the EC to make public eight particulars about candidates including the wealth they possess.  So, in case the EC now puts a lid on the disclosures of candidates' wealth status that will amount to violating the High Court's directive.
Even in the JS election of 2008, candidates had made facts about their wealth public. This time reports published in the media have exposed the phenomenal rise in many of the candidates' level of income compared to what they used to have when they entered public office. It appears politics has been used by them as an instrument for wealth accumulation. Such revelations must be placed under scrutiny.
Meantime, the EC should not under any circumstances entertain the ruling party's plea to withhold candidates' wealth information from public view. If they do so, they should be prepared to face severer public opprobrium.
What's more to the point is that such a wrong move by the EC will wipe off whatever is still left of its credibility in the public eye.