Dhaka Bureau: The Election Commission (EC) will release the draft of the 300 seat boundaries for the 12th National Assembly elections next week, keeping the previous boundaries intact. On Tuesday (February 7), EC Secretary Md. Jahangir Alam told reporters this information.
He said that the draft will be released next week regarding the boundaries that were in place during the last parliamentary elections. The notice will set a time limit for objecting to the claim. He said that the objections raised within the stipulated period would be taken into consideration.
Stating that 20 to 25 objection applications have already been received, the EC Secretary said that the final seat boundaries will be announced in light of the rules after hearing all the applications received within the specified period.
When asked whether there will be any change in the boundaries of the parliamentary seats before the next election, Jahangir Alam said that the issue will depend on the number of applications received. We will publish the draft first. After hearing the applications that will come within a certain period, the objections, and the applications that have already been read, we will be able to say what actually happened.
In response to another question from the journalists, the EC secretary said that as the boundaries have been decided in the past, we will release the draft by following the same procedure in the twelfth election, i.e., with the existing one. After that, if anyone has any objections, all applications will be heard. After that, it will be determined how many seat boundaries are being changed.
When asked when the draft would be published, he said it would be soon. We will do this within the next week. So are the facts and the law. People should be informed first. Then, if they have any objections, they will be heard.
