The Election Commission has formed five committees to speed up necessary preparations ahead of the upcoming parliamentary election, which is supposed to be held early next year.
The five separate seven-member coordination committees, formed on Wednesday, are headed by different election commissioners, reads a press release.
The EC senior secretary and the additional secretary are members of all five committees.
Election Commissioner Tahmida Ahmad is leading a monitoring committee for the preparation of polling officer panels and training programmes.
This committee's members also include the EC's NID Registration Wing Director General, two joint secretaries and a deputy secretary.
Election Commissioner Abdur Rahmanel Masud is leading a monitoring and coordination committee for electoral laws, rules, policies and the activities of the electoral inquiry bodies.
Its other members include two joint secretaries and two deputy secretaries.
Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah is the chairman of a coordination committee over Out of Country Voting (OCV) and Local and Foreign Observers.
The committee members also include a joint secretary, a deputy secretary, the public relations director and the ICT system manager.
Election Commissioner Md Anwarul Islam Sarker is the head of a committee for coordination with the field administration over the electoral activities.
The EC's NID Registration Wing Director General, two joint secretaries and a deputy secretary are also on the committee.
Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah is also leading another committee for field-level law and order coordination and monitoring during the election.
The Project Director of the EC's IDEA Project (Phase-II), two joint secretaries and a deputy secretary are also made members of the committee.
Earlier, on Wednesday, Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus directed the agencies concerned to complete all necessary preparations by December to ensure a peaceful national election.
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