Don't want to be dependent on the standing committee: CEC
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Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin said that if any work of the Election Commission goes to the parliamentary standing committee, the independence of the EC will be curtailed. I don't want to be dependent on the standing committee. The recommendations in this regard must be canceled. If the parliamentary standing committee is required, the power of the EC will be curtailed. Intervention by anyone other than the EC in voter update and delimitation is unacceptable in any way.
The CEC said these things at the 'RFED-Talk' program at the Election Bhaban in Agargaon on Sunday (January 26). RFED, an organization of journalists working in the Election Commission, organized the program.
Highlighting various issues including delimitation of boundaries and registration of new parties in the ongoing reforms, the Chief Election Commissioner said that if voting is to be held in December, the schedule will have to be made in October. The reforms of laws, rules and regulations must be completed by October.
Criticizing the work of the Electoral Reform Commission, AMM Nasir Uddin said that many recommendations can be given. It is difficult to implement. He expressed disagreement with the recommendation not to interfere in the delimitation of the EC, saying that it is the jurisdiction of the EC.
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus, who came to address the nation on Victory Day, gave an idea about the possible schedule of the next election.
He said that when the vote will be held will depend on how much reform will be done based on political consensus before the election. The thirteenth parliamentary election could be held in roughly one to one and a half years.
Meanwhile, on January 14, the BNP said that they want parliamentary elections between July-August.
Finally, on January 23, EC Abdur Rahmanel Masud said in Patuakhali that the purpose of coming here is to find out how this voter activity can be made more dynamic, how it can be made more accurate, how it can be made more fair. If the vote is held at the time announced by the Chief Adviser, i.e. in December 2025 or the first month of 2026, the law and order environment will definitely be good.
