Staff Reporter:
Election Commission (EC) Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed yesterday expressed hope that the roadmap for the 13th parliamentary elections will be announced today.
The EC senior secretary made the remark during a press briefing at the media centre of the Election Commission building in city’s Agargaon yesterday.
EC Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said, “We are finalizing a few more tasks. Hopefully, I will be able to share more information with you tomorrow.”
Earlier, the Election Commission (EC) approved the action plan (roadmap) for the 13th National Par-liamentary Election.
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) A M M Nasir Uddin, along with the four election commissioners and the EC secretary, held a meeting this afternoon at the Election Commission Building to discuss the matter.
On August 18, EC Senior Secretary had said, “We had mentioned that we would finalize the election roadmap this week. The plan includes inter-departmental coordination and other relevant matters. The draft of the action plan has been prepared. It has now been submitted to the Commission for approval.”
It is mentionable that as part of preparations for the national elections, the EC has already highlighted issues of party registration, boundary demarcation, election observers, representation of the People Order (RPO) reform, issuance of rules and regulations, IT-supported registration and postal ballot system for expatriates, and procurement of election equipment in the roadmap.
