Govt fully committed to strengthen Election Commission for free, fair and impartial elections
Dhaka, May 29 (UNB) - The government is fully committed to further strengthening the Election Commission to make it more competent and independent with a view to holding free, fair and impartial elections.
Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed said this while inaugurating a two-day ‘Meeting on Cooperation between Election Commissions of South Asia Regions’ at Radisson Hotel in the city.
Addressing the function as chief guest, the Law Minister said that the success of democracy absolutely depends on free, fair and neutral elections, which are conducted by an independent Election Commission.
“The government is fully committed to support the EC for holding acceptable elections where the countrymen can spontaneously cast their votes to elect their representatives,” he said.
Only competent and honest persons could help strengthen the Election Commission in order to hold acceptable elections, Barrister Shafique added.
The Law Minister praised the Bangladesh Election Commission for taking initiatives to organize the regional meeting of the election commissions of the SAARC countries.
The two-day regional meeting of the election commissions of the SAARC countries aims at building a forum for exchanging information, election experiences and the innovative technology that has been used effectively by many member countries.
Chief Election Commissioner Dr ATM Shamsul Huda presided over the inaugural session, while Election Commissioners M Sohul Hussain and Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hussain, and UNDP resident representative Stefan Priesner spoke on the occasion.
The Heads of the Election Commissions of the SAARC countries, particularly Chief Election Commissioners from Afghanistan, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Pakistan and Maldives, are taking part in the meeting. There is no representative from Sri Lanka as its CEC post is currently vacant.
Speaking at the session, CEC Dr Huda said that developing election commissions as strong institutions is the overarching theme that has influenced the selection of the topics for discussion in the meeting.
In that perspective, he said, the presentation in the first session would concentrate on providing the context and background on different electoral systems in the regions and briefly outline their recent electoral experience.
Workers’ Party President Rashed Khan Menon, Jamaat-Islami Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami and secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, CPB president Monjurul Ahsan Khan, and members from the civil society were also present.
Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed said this while inaugurating a two-day ‘Meeting on Cooperation between Election Commissions of South Asia Regions’ at Radisson Hotel in the city.
Addressing the function as chief guest, the Law Minister said that the success of democracy absolutely depends on free, fair and neutral elections, which are conducted by an independent Election Commission.
“The government is fully committed to support the EC for holding acceptable elections where the countrymen can spontaneously cast their votes to elect their representatives,” he said.
Only competent and honest persons could help strengthen the Election Commission in order to hold acceptable elections, Barrister Shafique added.
The Law Minister praised the Bangladesh Election Commission for taking initiatives to organize the regional meeting of the election commissions of the SAARC countries.
The two-day regional meeting of the election commissions of the SAARC countries aims at building a forum for exchanging information, election experiences and the innovative technology that has been used effectively by many member countries.
Chief Election Commissioner Dr ATM Shamsul Huda presided over the inaugural session, while Election Commissioners M Sohul Hussain and Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hussain, and UNDP resident representative Stefan Priesner spoke on the occasion.
The Heads of the Election Commissions of the SAARC countries, particularly Chief Election Commissioners from Afghanistan, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Pakistan and Maldives, are taking part in the meeting. There is no representative from Sri Lanka as its CEC post is currently vacant.
Speaking at the session, CEC Dr Huda said that developing election commissions as strong institutions is the overarching theme that has influenced the selection of the topics for discussion in the meeting.
In that perspective, he said, the presentation in the first session would concentrate on providing the context and background on different electoral systems in the regions and briefly outline their recent electoral experience.
Workers’ Party President Rashed Khan Menon, Jamaat-Islami Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami and secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, CPB president Monjurul Ahsan Khan, and members from the civil society were also present.
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