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Election official: Bangladesh poll may be delayed
By FARID HOSSAIN,Associated Press Writer AP - Saturday, November 22
DHAKA, Bangladesh - Bangladesh's general elections could be pushed back 10 days if all political parties agree, an election official said Friday after a former prime minister demanded the delay in exchange for withdrawing her threat to boycott the poll.
Khaleda Zia called Thursday for the election to be moved to Dec. 28 to allow her Bangladesh Nationalist Party to choose and prepare its candidates.
Zia had initially said the party would not participate in the poll if the government did not lift a state of emergency imposed in January 2007, when her supporters and those of her rival fought street battles over election reforms. At least 30 people were killed in the violence.
"We see no problem moving the polls date to Dec. 28, if all parties accept the change," Election Commission member Shakwat Hossain said in a telephone interview.
Zia also said the extension would give the military-backed government more time to lift the emergency measures, including restrictions on rallies and granting police wider powers of arrest.
"We understand that the government is ready to ease the emergency rules _ if not totally lift it _ once the campaign starts," Hossain said. The Dec. 1 campaign start date would also be delayed if polls are delayed.
Hossain said the commission would discuss the issue with Zia later Friday and that it also planned to hold talks on the matter with her bitter rival, former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Hasina has repeatedly insisted on holding the polls on Dec. 18, as originally planned.
Akbar Ali Khan, a political analyst and a former top bureaucrat, said holding polls without all major political parties would be "a big failure" for the government.
"The government should make efforts to bring all parties to polls," he said.
Both Hasina and Zia have popular support bases in Bangladesh, a nation of 150 million people that has had a parliamentary democracy since 1991. It gained independence from Pakistan in 1971.
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