If the district administration and police administration are given the opportunity to independently perform their electoral duties, then it is possible to hold a wonderful, fair and acceptable election.

A view-sharing meeting was held at the District Commissioner’s Conference Room, Chittagong on December 22 at 10:00 am to receive opinions on the election system reform by the interim government.

The meeting, chaired by Chittagong DC Farida Khanam, was attended by the head of the Election System Reform Commission, Dr. Badiul Alam Majumder.

The members of the Election System Reform Commission, Tofail Ahmed, Jasmine Tuli, Dr. Md. Abdul Alim and student representative Sadiq Arman, were also present in the meeting.

In the view-sharing meeting, the head of the commission, Dr. Badiul Alam Majumder, said, “We hope that we will be able to submit the proposals of the Election System Reform Commission to the government by December 31. The Election Commission has already been formed. There is no conflict between our work and the work of the Election Commission. We want the current Election Commission to give the nation a fair and acceptable election.”

In the chairman’s speech, the Deputy Commissioner said, “If the district administration and police administration are given the opportunity to perform their electoral duties independently, then it is possible to hold a wonderful, impartial and acceptable election. If the election system can be kept free from political influence, the administration will have the opportunity to perform its duties fairly. We hope that the current interim government will continue to work towards that goal.”

Chittagong Additional Divisional Commissioner (Development) Sharmin Jahan, Chittagong Range DIG Md. Ahsan Habib Palash, Cox’s Bazar Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Salahuddin, Noakhali Deputy Commissioner Khandaker Istiyaq Ahmed, Rangamati Hill District Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Habib Ullah, Additional Police Commissioner Md. Asfiquzaman Aftab, Superintendent of Police Raihan Uddin Khan, Deputy Director (Local Government, Chittagong District) Noman Hossain, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Land Acquisition) AKM Golam Morshed Khan, Additional District Magistrate Syed Mahbubul Haque, District Commandant (Ansar and VDP) Md. Abu Solaiman BVMS, Regional Election Officer Md. Yunus Ali, journalists and representatives of various media outlets were also present at the meeting.