DHAKA — The government has written to the Election Commission asking it to prepare for a referendum to be held the same day as the 13th parliamentary election, EC Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said Saturday, Nov. 22.
“The government has informed us by letter that conducting the referendum is the Election Commission’s responsibility,” Ahmed said. “In this case, we have been asked to hold the national election and the referendum on the same day.”
The Election Commission plans to announce the election schedule in the first half of December and to hold the national election and the referendum in the first half of February.
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