Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW
Vol. 5 Num 811 Wed. September 06, 2006  
   
Letters to Editor


Election monitoring


The job of election monitoring must be done through neutral organisations.

Of course, the monitoring would include:

- updating of voter list

- Activities of caretaker govt. and president.

- Activities of CEC and the Election Commission.

- Congenial environment without threats from party cadres, godfathers to opposition candidates, voters and minority groups.

- Use of black money and terrorists (Islamic or non-Islamic) in buying candidates and voters.

- Role of district administrations, Police, BDR and Army before, on election day and during vote counting in and around polling booths till election results are made public.

- Role of CEC, chief of caretaker govt. and the president before, on election day and during vote counting till election results are announced.