CT Online Desk:
The
Election Commission (EC) has said that the incumbent members of parliament
(MPs) will not have to resign for contesting in the upcoming Jatiya Sangsad
(JS) elections as independent candidates.
The EC issued a statement in this regard on
Wednesday following several media reports that if any sitting MP elected with
party ticket want to contest in the polls independently, s/he has to resign
from the post of MP and has to submit signatures of one per cent voters of
their constituency as per the Representation of the People Order-1972, said an
official handout in Dhaka on Wednesday.
The statement also said if any independent
candidate was previously elected as a member of parliament, it will not
necessary for him/her to provide the list.
"In that case, the MPs elected with party
tickets will not have to resign from their posts to take part in the JS polls
as independent candidates," the statement said, adding, MPs elected
through a party ticket, as an independent candidate, or from reserved seats,
will be able to take part in the elections staying in their positions.
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