The Election Commission has finalized a set of recommendations proposing amendments to local government laws for disqualifying MPO-listed teachers, dual citizens and holders of offices of profit from contesting local body elections.
The recommendations also include disqualifying loan defaulters and guarantors, and utility bill defaulters from contesting the local government elections, as well as incorporation of the Armed Forces in the definition of “law enforcement agencies” in the laws to pave the way for deploying Army, Navy and Air Force personnel in the local body elections.
The recommendations were finalized at the 12th commission meeting held at the Election Commission Building in the city’s Agargaon area on Tuesday with Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin in the chair.
Briefing reporters after the meeting, EC Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said the EC finalized the recommendations to streamline the laws related to the local government bodies – Union Parishad, municipalities, Upazila Parishad, city corporation and Zila Parishad.
“We will soon send our recommendations to the Local Government Division,” he said.
