{"id":79740,"date":"2022-07-17T13:17:31","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T13:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=79740"},"modified":"2022-07-17T13:17:31","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T13:17:31","slug":"dont-run-away-from-election-cec-urges-the-political-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=79740","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t run away from election, CEC urges the political parties"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Dhaka:<\/strong> Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Sunday urged the political parties to stay in the election field saying that the Commission will fail if all political parties don\u2019t cooperate with it.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou must have a concerted effort. If someone stands with a sword, you should stand with a rifle or another sword. If you run, what do I do? We will help. We\u2019ll have command over the police and the government,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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The CEC made the remarks at the meeting with a team of Nationalist Democratic Movement (NDM), which was held at the Nirbachan Bhaban here, opening the EC\u2019s dialogues with registered political parties.<\/p>\n

“We can\u2019t stop the violence. You (political parties) also have to take responsibility. You are the players. You play on the field. We\u2019re the referees. We\u2019ve huge power. The power is not less. We\u2019ll apply the power,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Habibul asked the people not to judge the existing commission by the performances of the last two general elections in 2014 and 2018. \u201cWe\u2019ll take responsibility of the elections conducted by us. We will make every effort to make the election participatory and impartial. If all parties do not cooperate, we will fail there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In response to CEC's statement, NDM chairman Bobby Hajjaj said that the law doesn\u2019t permit standing with shotguns. However, the CEC did not make any further comments in response.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dhaka: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Sunday urged the political parties to stay in the election field saying that the Commission will fail if all political parties don\u2019t cooperate with it. \u201cYou must have a concerted effort. If someone stands with a sword, you should stand with a rifle or another sword. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":79741,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n