Dhaka Bureau: Election Commission (EC) Secretary said that the presidential election will be held between January 23 and February 23. Jahangir Alam.
After the Election Commission meeting on Sunday (January 22), he said that the process has already started. The date of CEC meeting with the Speaker will be fixed by contacting the Parliament Secretariat. Then the presidential election will be held by February 23.
He also said that there was a need to amend some articles and clauses of the Electoral Act for reserved women’s seats in the Jatiya Sangsad. In the constitution, women’s seats have been increased from 45 to 50. There are still 45 in the electoral law. Therefore it is proposed to make 45 to 50 of the Act. Besides, the time for election in the existing law was 45 days. 90 days for election to general seats. Similar to that.
On the other hand, candidates for women’s seats had a security deposit of Tk 10,000. It is proposed to make 20 thousand like general seats.
