CEC seeks cooperation of all for holding credible polls

Chief Election Commissioner A M M Nasir Uddin has sought cooperation of all the political parties to deliver the nation a free,transparentand credible elections.

During a dialogue with 81 organisations at its office on Tuesday, the CEC said, “Our agenda is one to deliver a credible and transparent election. Our responsibility is to organise a good polls.”

He added, the commission wants to move forward by learning from past mistakes.

Election observation organisations are partners of the Election Commission. Observers will be tasked with monitoring every stage of the election — from campaign activities to polling day management, ballot box handling and vote counting,Nasir Uddin added.

Seeking active cooperation to ensure transparency during the elections, he said ”New observation organisations should be given necessary training.”

Pointing at the old observer organisations, the CEC said he does not want to revisit past controversies. ”I don’t want to dig into the past. I always want to look ahead.”

He said the organisations must take responsibility to monitor whether their field-level observers are reporting properly.

”If any report comes that your observer is working in favour of a political party or influencing the process, this will be a great damage done to your reputation. So, please ensure they remain totally impartial.”