A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking a stay order on the allocation of electoral symbols and the December 30 municipality elections.
In his petition, SM Zulfiqure Ali, a Supreme Court practitioner, prayed to the court to halt the process.
He argued that there had been several errors in the provisions of the Municipality Election Rules, 2010, amened on November 23 this year.
Due to these errors, the candidates would face problems in choosing election symbols, the petitioner’s lawyer AKM Ehanur Rahman said.
The chief election commissioner, two of the commission's top officials and the secretary to the Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry were made respondents in the petition. The High Court may hold a hearing on the petition today.
On December 10, Zulfiqure served a legal notice on the Election Commission seeking army deployment during the municipality polls to create a level-playing field and legal action against the ruling party lawmakers for violating the electoral code of conduct. He filed the writ petition as EC did not respond to the notice.
