In a letter submitted to the commission last Sunday, the BNP requested the CEC to have the cases withdrawn and arbitrary arrests stopped. They could not give us the list with proper information of the cases filed after the election date was announced. “But the Election Commission will oversee all their activities.”“We are already receiving complaints. He asked police officials to coordinate with union, upazila, and district level election officials and local administrations to ensure the election is free, fair, and acceptable. The CEC also urged all SPs to convey the Election Commission’s messages to Additional SPs and officers-in-charge of police stations in their respective districts.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 22, 2018 16:07 UTC