Staff Reporter:
All preparations have been completed to conduct the presidential election today.
“We’ve completed all the preparations required for the presidential election. There is no shortfall in our prepa-rations.
We are receiving cooperation from everyone involved in the election and believe that we will be able to con-duct a beautiful presidential election,” Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) A.M.M. Nasir Uddin said while briefing journalists yesterday.
The Chief Election Officer for the presidential election said, “The number of voters is 349. Voting will be held from 2 pm to 5 pm. Here, our President is a voter, the Prime Minister is a voter, the Speaker is a voter, and the Leader of the Opposition is also a voter.”
“Now our National Parliament is not in session, so, it is unnecessary to summon a session of Parliament only for the election.
It is enough to call a meeting for this. The election officer will call a meeting and the Members of Parliament will cast their votes there,” he said.
“Initially, the voting of the President, Prime Minister, Speaker and Leader of the Opposition will be telecast live, probably, through BTV,” he said.
To ensure the transparency of the process, vote counting will be live telecast and parliament members will be allowed to be present during the vote counting.
After the counting the CEC will announce the name of the winner and an official gazette will be published.
