The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Awami League (AL) will face no major obstacle in getting registered with the Election Commission (EC), as the EC found nothing contradictory after scrutinising all the papers submitted by the party leaders, said Election Commissioner M Sohul Hussain.

Sohul made this remark after a bilateral meeting between AL delegates and the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC).

A four-member AL delegation consisting of AL advisory committee members Abul Mal Abdul Muhit and HT Imam, AL office secretary Abdul Mannan Khan and deputy office secretary BM Mozammel held an hour-long meeting at the EC secretariat.

"AL will get registered with the commission as no problem was found in its party constitution submitted to the commission. We are satisfied as the party leaders have submitted the application as per the law we made," Sohul noted.

As per rules, the EC would publish an advertisement soon to invite any objections, before the registration certificate is handed over, he added.

Abdul Mannan Khan told reporters that the commission was happy with the AL's explanation relating to its associate organisations.

Asked about its student, worker and other associate bodies, the AL leader confirmed that the organisations would be run according to their own constitutions and the main party would have no control over them.

AL submitted application to the EC on October 15 to get registered. The commission's technical committee asked the party to clarify its position on associate organisations. Following the directive, the party gave explanations in two phases to the commission.