EC has no scope to ensure level-playing field: CEC

The Election Commission has no scope to ensure a level-playing field before announcing the schedule of the next general elections, chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda said.

The CEC made the remark at the programme on unveiling the booklet of action plan for the next parliamentary elections at ETI Bhaban in the city on Sunday.

‘The matter — which political parties can be able to hold rally and bringing out procession on the street or not — depends on the government. There is no role of the Election Commission here to play,’ he said.

It is the matter of the government’s political decision over the structure of the election-time government, he added.

Earlier, the Election Commission finalised the roadmap incorporating seven agenda.

The agenda are electoral law reform, making electoral process time-befitting one, delimitation of constituencies, updating the voter list, preparing the list of possible polling stations, inviting application from new political parties to be registered with the EC, and the capacity building of officials for holding the national election.

As per the roadmap, the commission will start dialogue with political parties and other stakeholders on July 31 next.

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