EC approves 73 more appeals on 5th day
So far, 203 candidates have had their nominations restored following appeal hearings over the past four days.
The Election Commission today (14 January) approved 73 more appeals on the fifth day against the order of acceptance and cancellation of nomination papers of the Returning Officers in the upcoming 13th national elections.
EC Secretariat Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed told reporters that a total of 100 appeals were heard on the fifth day today against the decisions of the Returning Officers.
Out of these, he said, 73 appeals were approved, while 17 appeals were rejected and 10 were kept pending.
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He said so far, the EC have accepted the hearing of 380 appeals. Out of those, 277 appeals were approved, 81 were rejected or cancelled and 23 appeals are pending for various reasons.
He further said a total of 645 appeals were heard and the EC will hear the appeals till 18 January.
The appeal hearing began at 10am today at the auditorium (basement-2) of Nirbachan Bhaban at Agargaon in the capital. The appeal hearing was held till 5 pm with a one-hour break at noon by the full commission chaired by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin.
A total of 100 appeals from 281 to 380 were heard today. The hearings of 381 to 480 appeals and pending appeals will be held tomorrow from 10am-5pm, while 481 to 510 and pending appeals will be held on 16 January from 3pm-5pm.
In addition, the appeal hearing process will conclude with the hearing of appeals numbering 511 to 610 on 17 January and 611 to 645 and the remaining pending appeals on 18 January.
Earlier, the Returning Officers or Assistant Returning Officers declared the nomination papers of 1,842 candidates, out of 2,568, valid.
The candidatures of 723 candidates were cancelled.
