The Election Commission has rejected applications of 10 registered political parties that applied for an extension to submit their annual audit reports to it.
Besides, the EC would send letters to 39 registered political parties warning them that they must submit their annual audit reports at due time in future.
It would also ask the registered ones not to apply for an extension to submit their annual audit reports further.
The decision came at the Sunday’s commission meeting, sources in the Election Commission said.
On July 31, only two political parties of 12 did not apply to the EC for an extension while the rest 10 did.
The 10 parties are Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, Bangladesh Workers Party, Bangladesh Sammyabadi Dal, Oikkyoboddho Nagorik Andolan, Jatiya Party-JP, Bangladesh Muslim League, Bikolpodhara Bangladesh, Islamic Front Bangladesh, Bangladesh Jatiya Party and Islami Oikkyo Jote.
Bangladesh Khelafat Andolan and Gono Front did neither apply for an extension nor submitted their annual audit reports to the Election Commission.
EC Secretary Dr Mohammad Sadik said there was no chance to extend time for political parties to submit their audit reports as per the political party registration law.
According to the Article 90 (H) of the Representation of the People Order, the Election Commission could cancel the registration of any political party if it fails to submit audit report successively for three years.
Earlier, 27 registered political parties including Awami League, BNP and Jatiya Party (Ershad) submitted their annual audit reports to the EC at due time.
The EC rejected the audit report of Bangladesh Communist Party as it did not examine its financial transaction through the registered audit farms.
As per the law of political party registration, registered political parties had to submit their last year (January-December) financial transactions to the EC by July 31.
