The Election Commission has taken initiatives to ensure dynamism, transparency and accountability in all field-level election offices across the country.
To this end, the commission has prepared a written inspection manual to bring all officials under discipline, transparency and accountability across the country.
“The new policy will be implemented if the commission approves it at today’s commission meeting,” a senior EC official yesterday told the Dhaka Tribune.
The senior official also said the commission meeting may approve voter list update in three phases starting from June 1.
EC officials said there are 588 offices of the commission including National Identity Card wing, Training Institute, 10 regional election offices and upazila offices.
If the policy is approved in the commission meeting the chiefs of wings concerned will visit the offices of EC across the country once a year, the officials said adding that the chiefs would also send a report describing overall activities in writing to the commission.
On April 8 a meeting was held aiming to formulate this policy with additional secretary of the EC in the chair.
Election Commissioner Mohammad Abu Hafiz yesterday said the Election Commission is an important institution in the country as it organises election to keep the democratic process going.
But due to absence of any guideline the EC offices across the country did have no accountability.
Now the commission is formulating a policy to bring all offices under policy guideline, he said adding that the constitutional body would ensure transparency and accountability.
According to the draft inspection manual EC officials will visit all offices regularly to oversee the activities of the organisation.
The officials will pay visits in three categories – regular routine visit, special visit and sudden visit – to the all election offices.
