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Download PDF The Election Commission (EC) has taken initiatives to separate its secretariat from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), now the office of the chief adviser.
“The Election Commission will soon send a proposal in this regard to the caretaker government,” Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain yesterday told the BBC Bangla Service.
He disclosed the EC initiative a day after civil society leaders and other professionals stressed the need for separating the EC Secretariat from the PMO at a dialogue on draft proposals for electoral reforms.
The EC is considering execution of the EC Secretariat’s separation through a government gazette notification since there is no parliament now and the process needs an amendment to the constitution.
Sakhawat hoped that the next elected government will approve the process.
“The independence of the EC is guaranteed in the constitution but the EC Secretariat, which works for the EC, is not independent,” he said.
“We will consult with lawyers in this regard and prepare a proposal and then submit it to the caretaker government soon,” Sakhawat said.
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