Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Saturday said the Election Commission (EC) will spare no efforts to ensure a free, fair and peaceful election with the participation of the people in a festive atmosphere.
The CEC was speaking at a meeting with the EC's field level officials at the city's Agargaon Election Bhaban this morning.
The meeting was held with 64 district and 10 regional election officials.
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At the meeting, the Chief Election Commissioner wanted to know the experiences of the field level officials.
“I would like to know how successful the election preparations have been, whether there are any deficiencies,” he said.
"There was a view exchange meeting with the officials of 64 districts and 10 regional election offices regarding the national election. It was a preliminary meeting about the very basic matters like- instructions and queries regarding the voter list, polling station preparations, etc," said Ashok Kumar Debnath, additional secretary of the election commission.
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Ashok Kumar said that there was no discussion about the schedule announcement in the meeting, rather it addressed the relevant issues of different regions and the possible difficulties they might face during the polls.
“The field environment is still good and the EC officials mainly sought law enforcement agencies' cooperation,” he added.
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“We have training with DC, SPs. Necessary instructions will be given at that time,” the EC secretary informed.