Staff Reporter:
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar yesterday said the party has full con-fidence in the Election Commission’s (EC) ability to hold a free, fair and neutral national election within the timeframe it has announced.
“The party delegation met the Commission to seek clarity on several issues ahead of the next national polls,” he told reporters after a formal meeting with the Election Commission at the EC headquarters in the capital’s Agargaon area.
Parwar said, “Several important matters related to the upcoming election required clarification. The Commission has assured us that the polls will be held as per their announced schedule. Based on their commitments, we want to place our trust in them,” he said.
“We do not anticipate any delay in the election,” the Jamaat-e-Islami leader added.
He noted that the meeting was not arranged out of distrust toward the Election Commission. Rather, he said, there was a public perception that the EC might be taking longer to announce the election sched-ule.
“We held this discussion to clarify that concern,” Golam Porwar added.
He said the Commission informed them that preparations for a fair and neutral election were underway and expressed hope that the schedule would be announced within this week.
“They have taken a specific decision on this matter. As per their commitment, the national election will be held before the holy month of Ramadan, and the nation is waiting for that date,” he said.
The six-member Jamaat delegation included Assistant Secretaries General ATM Masum, Dr. AHM Ha-midur Rahman Azad, and Ehsanul Mahbub Zubair, Publicity Secretary Matiur Rahman Akanda, and Bangladesh Lawyers Council President Advocate Jasim Uddin Sarkar.
