Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association has finally announced schedules for its biennial elections for 2015-2016 term after deferring two times.
The election board chairman Jahangir Alamin on June 10 announced September 8 as the election date for electing directors of the trade body for two years.
Earlier, the BGMEA board of directors took the decision on the polls in a meeting on June 9.
As per the schedule, the last date for paying the annual subscription is July 9 while the last date for submission of nomination for voter is July 12.
The last date for submission of the nominations for the post of director is August 3 while the polls will be held on September 8.
More than 3,000 voters of the trade body will elect 35 directors and the elected directors will choose president and seven vice presidents for the trade body.
The duration of the incumbent board ended in March as the last elections were held in March 2013. The commerce ministry extended the time for the incumbent board for six months.
The BGMEA was supposed to declare elections schedule by December 2014 for holding the polls in March 2015 but the elections were deferred to June as commerce ministry in a letter asked the BGMEA to submit the updated voters’ list to the ministry before holding the elections.
The BGMEA also missed the second deadline and sent a letter to the ministry seeking three more months for updating its members’ list.
The commerce ministry extended the tenure for the incumbents up to September for the second time.
The last biennial elections of BGMEA for 2013-14 were held in March 2013.
