Says CEC
The long-awaited polls to Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) will be held by December this year, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda said yesterday.
“The commission will soon finalise the date for the election,” CEC Huda told reporters after a meeting of the EC.
However, it might not be possible to hold the polls to union parishads and municipalities this year, he added.
“We want to hold the DCC polls this year,” he asserted.
The CEC said the EC would hold the polls to union parishads and municipalities after the DCC election.
The EC earlier deferred polls to DCC in April this year as the government refused to have the elections on May 31.
“We have completed all preparations and the election can easily take place in December,” a senior EC official said.
The polls will be held within the existing boundaries of the wards under the DCC.
Though the tenure of the DCC expired three years ago in May 2007, the polls could not be held on time due to the state of emergency and lack of a voter list.
