Electoral reforms must be done by Oct for polls in Dec

Electoral reforms must be done by Oct for polls in Dec

Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin has said the reform of electoral laws and rules and other necessary works must be completed by October next to hold the 13th parliamentary election in December next.
“To conduct the election in December, I have to be fully prepared with everything by October, completing whatever necessary (for the election). I have to announce the schedule at the end of October,” he said on Sunday.
The CEC made the remark while addressing a dialogue titled RFED Talk with Reporters Forum for Election and Democracy-RFED at Nirbachan Bhaban in the capital.
He said the election commission needs to announce the election schedule at least two months or one and half a month before an election.