NN Online:
Election Commissioner Md Anwarul Islam Sarkar has said the Election Commission (EC) is making preparations for the upcoming national elections, targeting December as the timeline.
The work of updating the voter list is nearing completion as part of the preparation, he said while addressing a discussion meeting on the “Voter List Updating Program 2025,” held at deputy commissioner office in Narsingdi as the chief guest on Wednesday.
In both local government and national elections, the responsibility of the Election Commission is to conduct parliamentary elections and organising the presidential election, he said.
“The national parliament election is essentially our primary task. If there is political consensus and the government believes it is fully prepared to conduct local government elections, the government can request the Election Commission, which will then proceed with the elections,” he added.
Replying to a question about whether the Awami League will participate in the upcoming elections and whether the boat symbol will be used, the Election Commissioner said this is a completely political decision.
“Though, it is not yet the time to say whether any symbols will be present on the ballot papers. Time will tell which candidates will participate in the elections and which symbols will appear on the ballots,” he said.
Narsingdi Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Rashed Hossain Choudhury, Regional Election Officer for Dhaka Division Md Yunus Ali, Superintendent of Narsingdi Police Md Abdul Hannan and Additional Deputy Commissioner (Revenue) Anjan Das were present there.
