Staff Reporter:
Two candidates will contest the presidential election scheduled for August 20, Election Commis-sion (EC) Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said yesterday.
“Arrangements have been made for voting in the presidential election from 2 pm to 5 pm on August 20 in the session hall of the National Parliament building,” he said while briefing journalists at the Election Building in the city’s Agargaon.
He said that according to the Presidential Election Act of 1991, yesterday was the last day for with-drawing nomination papers.
“After scrutiny, we informed that the candidacies of two candidates were found valid. Neither of them withdrew their nomination papers. Accordingly, two candidates will contest the presidential election on August 20.
They are- Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Colonel (retd.) Oli Ahmed, Bir Bikram,” he added.
Akhtar said that at the start of voting in the presidential election, the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin will brief the voters about the voting procedure. “After that, we will begin the voting there,” he added.
“We’ve printed the ballot papers. In the presidential election, the ballot paper has two parts, one is the counterfoil, and the other is the ballot paper itself. Members of Parliament will sign their full names to receive the ballot,” he said.
