Election expenditure to be strictly monitored: ECI
Barun Mitra, New Delhi
Outlook
Mar 02, 2011
http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?713679
Thiruvananthapuram : The Election Commission had evolved an effective
system to monitor the expenditure by candidates and to check `paid
news' in media through constant evaluation in the coming assembly
elections, State Chief Electoral Officer Nalini Netto said today.
Addressing reporters here, she said all candidates were required to
open an exclusive bank account for campaign in the election, scheduled
for April 13 in the state. The expenditure committee would monitor the
spending from the day a candidate gets nominated by a party, she said.
The maximum amount which could be spent by a candidate for campaign
was Rs 16 lakh. The EC had set up video surveillance teams to observe
the campaign of political parties. A shadow observation register on
spending would be kept as a folder of evidence in the event of cases
coming up against candidates after the elections, she said.
Expert committees had also been formed at the state and district
levels to evaluate targetted news items in the media in favour of or
against a particular candidate or party, being `planted for a
consideration,' she said.
People were also asked not to carry cash in bulk without citing proper
reason as there would be checking by flying squads during the campaign
period.
Non-resident Keralites could also vote in the coming elections in the
polling station he belonged to as per the address in the passport. The
NRKs would have to apply through Embassies.
The state electoral office would file daily reports on the law and
order situation in the state to the Election Commission, based on
which the EC would decide on sending central forces to polling
stations.
For the first time, the EC would provide the voter's slip to all
voters.
In the first assembly election in the state based on the voter's list
after the 2002 delimitation of constituencies, Kerala has a total of
2,28,78,767 voters of which 1,09,59,115 are men and 1,19,19,652 are
women.
There would be 20,578 polling stations and around 500 auxilliary
polling stations for the poll. The EC would send 50 general observers,
besides expenditure observers, Netto said.
After the model code of conduct for poll came into force yesterday,
she had received around 50 complaints of violation, Netto said.
http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?713679
Sudhakaran
Monitoring expenditure is surely good.
But that would it improve the quaity of persons nominated by poitical arties
as their candidates in the election?
Would we able to elect good persons as our representatives ff we do not have
good candidates in the field?
Just follow the process of selecting candidates... it is nominations in all
parties, nacked as in congress and regional parties, or disguised in some
way or the other in communist parties; nomination of the kin & lackeys of
one or the other member of the caucus/group.
So do such lackeyism in political leadership hierarchy, which attract and
promote the tainted incompetent persons and purge any ne showing a grain of
integrity and character..., which deny a competent and virtuous political
leadership empower India???
Regards
Sudhakaran
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