Chief Election Commissioner Mejbah Uddin has announced the election schedule at Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Bhavan on Monday. After announcing the schedule, he informed about the election
rules. After that, a sudden question arose, “Can someone from abroad be a candidate for the election or not?”
BFF election commission was not fully prepared for such a question. The matter is not clear in BFF election rules. So, Mejbah Uddin did not say anything clearly at first. In the initial response, he said, "How do we verify the signature of someone sent from abroad?"
There is an option to accept the nomination form and sign it online or send the form through someone from abroad. In response to this question, the Chief Election Commissioner said, "If it is
verified through the Bangladesh Embassy of that country, it can
be seen. It does not legally permit.'
There is an opportunity to object to the nomination paper. If the nomination paper is objected to by someone from abroad, the accused must be physically present during the hearing.
The Chief Election Commissioner has clearly said that there will be no candidature if he is not physically present, “The candidate must appear physically during the hearing. If you are not present in person, you cannot be a candidate. Some of the candidates of the current committee are in hiding. Rumor has it that two of them are abroad. So questions have arisen ahead of BFF elections.
There are complaints about councillorship in BFF elections. Those who could not become councilors can approach the court without getting a fair trial from BFF.
Barrister AKM Ehsanur Rahman, a member of the Election Commission, said about the court's instructions, “The issue of voter list is the jurisdiction of the executive committee.”
If there is any directive from His Highness the court, the executive committee will look into it regarding the voter.
The accused in the murder case is on the councilor list of BFF. Discussions and criticisms are going on in the football field. However, there is no legal obstacle to the election of candidates and voting for the accused in the case. There is no hindrance to election even if the case is in jail. A conviction by the court will only be considered as disqualification for election.
