Dhaka Bureau: The election commission said that the 12th national parliament election will be held in early January 2024. On Sunday (November 13), Election Commissioner Anishur Rahman told reporters this information.
The Election Commissioner said that they are preparing for the National Assembly election in the beginning of January, not in the last week of December. However, the exact date of the election has not been finalized yet.
Commissioner Anichur Rahman said that the 12th national parliament election will be held in the first week of January in 2024. The Election Commission (EC) will work as a referee for all the parties in the upcoming elections.
This election commissioner also said that the EC will be in the polling field with all the parties.
The Kazi Habibul Awal-led Election Commission had earlier announced that the polls would be held by the end of December, or the first week of January next year. However, this time the organization has very specifically announced the organization of elections.
Regarding the amendment of RPO, he said, only with the help of the government, we can complete the amendment of RPO or the reform of the law. But if we don’t get help from the government, our last hope is the President. Then we can go to the president and say, stuck in this place, you do something. But we are not thinking about the President yet.
He said, due to busyness or various reasons, the RPO amendment is taking a little longer. I think I will get a result from the government soon. If the law is amended, what we want, maybe our job would be a little easier. The election of Gaibandha has been closed according to the law. I don’t think the government will stand in the way of enforcing the law. Only with the help of the government can we complete the reform of the law. Otherwise our last hope is His Excellency the President. To the president we can say stuck in this place you do something. We are not thinking about that yet.
He said, so far our tenure is eight and a half months. We have not received any pressure, non-cooperation in eight and a half months. We have been getting cooperative behavior from the government. We are not feeling any pressure from the government. But we have invited the opposition party to the dialogue. I tell them, you bring your experts. Check the EVM. But they didn’t come.
Has the opposition’s confidence in you increased in eight and a half months? In response to such a question, EC Anichur said that you can say it well. Both the government and the opposition have more interaction with you. We cannot go directly to the opposite party for limitation.
Regarding the Gaibandha-5 seat by-election, he said, “We have asked to investigate about 145 polling stations.” The same investigation committee is working. They will submit the report to the commission on Monday. We will give our decision after seeing the report.
