Election finally

All the players in our election process must be held responsible for what the country had to go through in particular since the caretaker government (CTG) took over.

Now that we have all the major parties ready to participate in the election, it is now up to the CTG and the Election Commission (EC) to deliver a free, fair and peaceful election. The government must ensure that peace and harmony prevail in the country in the run up to the election, of which there are but a few weeks left; and given the little time left for the polling day, one can expect to see a very intensive electioneering all over the country. Therefore, not only in the days preceding the election, the country would like to see a completely violence free election day also.

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We feel that two most important tasks of the EC have not been fulfilled yet. The voter list remains the most central issue. The two major lacunae in it, that of excess voters and of genuine voters being left out, have not been satisfactorily addressed; at least we have no way of ascertaining this since the latest corrected and updated list has not been displayed for the public to verify its accuracy.

Another onerous task for the EC is to ensure that people with dubious background and having questionable credentials, including black money holders, cannot seek election. It can be ensured only if the existing criteria are applied in the most stringent manner in vetting the nomination papers.

We would like to make it clear that in our constant effort to have the best and the untainted as our representatives in the parliament it will be our duty to expose all those corrupt, controversial and notorious candidates, which we as voters can do well without.