UP polls date to be finalised on 12 Oct: EC Sanaullah
On talks with political parties, he said the process would continue and the commission would discuss all relevant issues at Monday’s meeting.
The date for the upcoming Union Parishad (UP) elections will be finalized at a meeting of the Election Commission (EC) on 12 October, said Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah.
"The date for the UP elections will be finalized at Monday's commission meeting (12 October). We will then announce when and in how many phases the elections will be held," he told reporters at the Election Building in Agargaon today (8 October).
Sanaullah said the election schedule would not be announced centrally by the EC. Rather, district election officers would announce the schedule at the field level, while the commission would determine the election phases, he added.
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On talks with political parties, he said the process would continue and the commission would discuss all relevant issues at Monday's meeting.
Sanaullah also said representatives of the European Union Election Observation Mission had met the EC, offered suggestions and expressed their willingness to work jointly with the commission.
The Election Commission welcomed their support, he added.
