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Dissolving Parliament

MPs to decide

CEC Rakibuddin tells journalists

Staff Correspondent
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad yesterday said the parliament would decide whether the upcoming parliamentary election would be held with or without dissolving the current Jatiya Sangsad.
"We will work as per whatever they (MPs) decide/' he told journalists at the Election Commission (EC) Secretariat in the capital.
The constitution allows elections with or without dissolution of parliament. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, at a meeting with secretaries on September 2, said the national election would be held without dissolving the parliament and Cabinet.
Without clarifying which provision the EC will follow, Rakibuddin reiterated, "We are preparing to hold the election as per the constitutional provision. We cannot do anything beyond the constitution."
On whether the EC will propose dissolving the parliament, Rakibuddin said it was not possible at present to say
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any such thing. "We will work as per the law and will provide equal facilities to all to create a level-playing field."
On whether there is any directive from the government over the dissolving issue, Rakibuddin replied in the negative.
As per the constitution, the election is scheduled to be held between October 27 and January 24 next year.
The EC will start distributing national identity cards of new voters of Dhaka city soon, he informed. Afterwards, the EC will start distributing the cards in the other district.
"We will sit within a day or two to finalise the plan on how to distribute the cards, whether by going from home to home, through postal service or making it available at the election office," he added.
There are around 70 lakh new voters for the national election, around 3.5 lakh of whom are from Dhaka.
The EC, in a meeting yesterday, decided to notify voters through SMS before the election about the information relating to polling centres and voter serial number.
On holding dialogues with political parties, he said political parties could always give their suggestions and the door for dialogue was always open.
Despite fixing prior appointment, the CEC yesterday did not give time to meet Jamaat-e-Islami leaders. Earlier, the party sought time to meet the CEC twice but did not get the appointment.
"We could not meet them (Jamaat leaders) today (yesterday) due to the commission's important meetings. We informed them that we will sit with them later," Rakibuddinsaid.
On August 1, the High Court declared Jamaat's registration with the EC illegal.