No scope for February elections to go wrong, says CEC

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin has said there is “no way” the parliamentary polls can go wrong. On Monday, he underscored the upcoming general election as one that will “determine the country’s future”. “As a nation, we cannot afford a bad election. Everyone must work together to make it successful,” he said at a dialogue with journalists at the Election Commission (EC) headquarters. “It’s a national election, and we want to conduct it in a truly national manner. The EC alone cannot handle it.” The 13th general election is expected in the first half of February, with the schedule likely to be announced in early December. Ahead of that, the EC has begun holding dialogues with different professional...