Election Commission calls dialogue

The Election Commission (EC) will hold a dialogue with all registered political parties ahead of the upcoming general election.

EC Secretariat Secretary Jahangir Alam confirmed the news on Tuesday (October 31).

The commission will sit with all 44 parties on November 4. The EC will inform all registered political parties about the commission’s preparations for the next parliamentary polls during the dialogues.

The EC will invite two top leaders-president and secretary-or two of their representatives from each party for the dialogue, he said.

44 registered political parties will be divided into two groups for holding the dialogue in two parts, he added. 

BNP and its allies want a caretaker government, while the Awami League says the election will be held under the current government as per the constitution. The commission has taken the initiative amid the political stalemate.

According to the constitution, the national election must be held in the 90-day period before the expiry of the five-year term of parliament. The term of the current parliament expires on January 29 and the 90-day countdown starts on November 1.