Law, justice and parliamentary affairs adviser professor Asif Nazrul on Saturday clarified his statement over timing of the next general elections.
He said that holding election was a very important 鈥榩olicy decision鈥�. 鈥業ts timing will be fixed under the leadership of the chief adviser of the interim government. The chief adviser has the sole authority to announce the election time.鈥�
Replying to a question from the Dainik Manabzamin editor-in-chief Matiur Rahman Chowdhury at a TV programme on Thursday night, the law adviser said that it might be possible to hold the next national election in 2025.
鈥業n a recent TV discussion, I said that holding elections may be possible within the next year, but there are many factors in this regard. I did not get a chance to fully explain those there. But everyone would understand from the statements of our government that the issues of reform and political compromise are mentioned for holding the election. These are the factors,鈥� Asif Nazrul said in a clarification, posted on Facebook.
鈥業 also spoke about reforms in the programme. Some other factors I also explained include formation of a search committee and the election commission, preparation of voter list etc. If these factors are alright, the election may be held next year. I also said that this is my primary assumption,鈥� he continued.
The law adviser said that these conditional assumptions were being shown by some media as announcement of election time.
鈥業 say politely that it is not correct,鈥� he added.
