EC preparing to hold election within timeframe set by CA: CEC

The Election Commission’s (EC) preparations are underway to defend the national election internal the timeframe feature by Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, newly-appointed Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin stated on the original time (17 December).

As fragment of the preparation, the associated charge will first put together a precise voter list, the CEC instructed reporters in his fetch 22 situation of job on the Nirbachon Bhaban in Agargaon.

He additionally mentioned that they save no longer seem to be pondering organising native authorities polls sooner than the national parliamentary elections.

“We started working on Day-1 for the national election. We are taking the full needed preparations. We are in a position to be fully prepared to defend the election internal the timeframe feature by the executive adviser.”

Requested whether the EC would stammer any election roadmap, he stated, “The chief adviser has launched a timeframe [yesterday]. We are in a position to proceed accordingly. We’re no longer pondering pronouncing any roadmap publicly, nevertheless we are in a position to with out a doubt have our grasp action idea for the work.”

His comments attain after Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus the day gone by instructed the nation that the next general election would possibly additionally be held between the close of 2025 and the vital half of of 2026 after conducting needed reforms.

“Broadly speaking, the election date would possibly additionally be feature between the close of 2025 and the vital half of of 2026,” he stated while addressing the nation this morning.

The CEC additional stated, “We are starting with the voter list preparations. Having a precise voter list is important for the election, and the executive adviser has additionally emphasised this.”

In two months, a recent and last voter list can be readily accessible, he stated adding, “After that, we are in a position to switch door-to-door to discover records…The election can be achieved basically based on the corrected list of voters after needed verification.”

Concerning native authorities polls, he stated, “The chief adviser has indicated that the level of hobby is on the national parliamentary election. He has no longer mentioned anything else about native authorities elections.

“Our stakeholders, alongside with political occasions, have additionally been discussing the national election. They’ve spoken about transferring energy from the length in-between authorities to an elected authorities. So, we are specializing in that and develop no longer have any thoughts on different elections at this 2d.”