The Election Commission is able to set up nationwide elections at any time, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin acknowledged on the present time (17 December).
Talking to newshounds at his place of job in Nirbachon Bhaban at Agargaon in the capital, the CEC acknowledged the EC’s preparations are on the suitable monitor in step with the timeframe situation by Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus.
As part of the preparations, the commission will first prepare to take into accounta good voter listing, the CEC acknowledged, adding that they’re no longer inviting about organising native authorities polls sooner than the nationwide parliamentary elections.
“We are making all a truly great preparations to be completely ready to set up the election internal the timeframe situation by the manager adviser,” Nasir added.
The CEC assured that the EC is committed to conducting a free, stunning, credible, and acceptable election, asserting, “We can attain the entirety desired to manufacture this draw. If any provisions of the legislation must be modified to make certain the next election, we can attain so. This is what we call reform.”
When requested in regards to the chance of an election roadmap, CEC Nasir acknowledged, “The chief adviser has announced a timeframe. We can proceed accordingly. Whereas we is possibly no longer asserting any public roadmap, we no doubt uncover our non-public internal action concept.”
His comments adopted Chief Adviser Yunus’ announcement on Monday that the total election would probably happen between late 2025 and the major half of of 2026, following a truly great reforms.
Making ready voter listing is high precedence now
The CEC acknowledged, “Our high precedence is the voter listing as no election could per chance moreover merely also be held without it. The contemporary voter listing is erroneous, so we’re origin with preparations for a brand contemporary listing. Having to take into accounta good voter listing is a truly great, and the manager adviser has moreover emphasised this.”
He added that a finalised voter listing would be ready in two months.
“After that, we can drag door-to-door to obtain facts, eliminating deceased voters and false entries. We can watch out to guarantee that no eligible young voters are disregarded. The election shall be performed in step with the corrected voter listing.”
‘No concept to exhaust EVMs’
The CEC moreover confirmed there are no longer any plans to exhaust Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the upcoming elections.
“EVMs uncover prompted a range of bother and controversy. We is rarely any longer going to pursue this choice. Our concept is to conduct the election with ballotpapers.”
Requested in regards to the election blueprint for girls’s seats, the CEC acknowledged it would count on the reform commission’s proposal.
“When a tool is integrated into the structure, we can apply it, and the identical applies to the proportional balloting blueprint,” he added.
