EC making preparation for polls in Dec: CEC

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin. File Photo

"Following the Chief Adviser's announcement, we are making preparations for holding elections. The schedule will have to be announced in October if the national elections are to be held in December," he said.

Addressing the charge handover ceremony of the newly elected committee of the Reporters Forum for Election and Democracy (RFED) at the Election Training Institute auditorium here as the chief guest, he said that it is not possible to hold local government polls by June, reports BSS.

"Although the Reform Commission has suggested that elections are possible in June, this will only be feasible if 1.6 million dead voters are not removed and new voters are excluded. The process of updating the voter list will be completed by June," he added.

Replying to a question about law and order situation, the CEC said, "We think the situation will stabilize by December. With everyone's cooperation, "We want to create a wave so strong that voting becomes the sole focus of the people."

Earlier, on February 9, Kazi Jebel, special correspondent of Jugantor, and Golam Rabbani, senior correspondent of Bangladesh Pratidin, was elected as president and general secretary of the RFED respectively.