CEC vows to win public trust
CEC vows to win public trust about the body
The Election Commission will do its best to remove the trust deficit about it for holding a credible national election, CEC Kazi Habibul Awal said on Monday.
“We want to hold elections remaining above all (sorts of biasness) by removing the crisis of trust,” the chief election commissioner said this at a dialogue with media personalities at the Nirbachan Bhaban here.
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Awal said they started talks with stakeholders as soon as they took over the charge of the Election Commission.
“We’ll note your opinion and review it. The roadmap for the next 12th national election will be prepared taking opinion from of the dialogues,” he said.
Senior journalists from different electronic media joined the dialogue on Monday as part of a series of such meetings to elicit opinion on how to hold a free and fair election in the country.
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Earlier, the EC, constituted in February last, sat with educationists, civil society members and senior journalists from print media in three phases.
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