The UK branch of Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh has requested an extension of voting registration time for expatriate Bangladeshis and an opportunity to register using passports.

The UK branch of Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh has requested an extension of the registration period to give expatriate Bangladeshi voting rights and an opportunity to register using a national identity card as well as a Bangladeshi passport.

On November 26, the organization’s UKThe president of the branch and prominent journalist Md Rahmat Ali met the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin at the election building in Dhaka and submitted an application in this regard. Earlier, Mr. Rahmat Ali met the central president of the organization, Advocate Manzil Morsed, and took advice in this regard.

In this regard, Mr. Rahmat Ali also mentioned in his application letter, the nationalities of many expatriates in different countriesNo ID. They could not do NID due to living outside the country and various complications. Even many countries have not taken initiative to give new NID. In this situation, for the convenience of expatriates, he requested the Election Commission to accept the valid Bangladeshi passport as an identity card and allow them to be included in the voter list.
Election of Mr. Rahmat Ali after meeting with Chief Election Commissioner Mr. AMM Nasir UddinThe senior secretary of the commission met with Mr. Akhtar Ahmed and made the same demand.
It should be noted that on November 18, CEC Nasir Uddin launched the ‘Postal Vote BD’ app, through which expatriates can vote in the upcoming parliamentary elections through postal ballot. Then CEC said that among the 1.3 million Bangladeshi diaspora in 143 countries of the world, those who are interested can complete the registration of this app. And the app is Google Play StoreAvailable at the Apple Store. It should be noted that the expatriates got this right to vote after many agitations, struggles and lawsuits. Their main demand was to exercise their franchise through embassies abroad. Voting would have been much easier. But many people are disappointed because it is not.