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Emerging out of the meeting, the CEC told
the awaiting journalists that they apprised
the President of the EC's different
activities including the progress in
preparing electoral roll aimed at holding
the next general elections
according to the road map, announced earlier
by the EC.
He said that they told the President that EC
is hopeful to finalize the electoral roll
with photographs by October this
year, as the 83 percent of the voters in the
country have already been enrolled.
"We hope a total of seven crore voters, out
of estimated eight crore will be enrolled
within 17 th of this month and the
rest by June this year," he added.
The delegation also apprised the President
of the EC's preparation for holding the next
general election by December this year," he
added.
The CEC said, the delegation briefed the
President about the delimitation of
constituencies and demonstrated a power
point presentation on the delimitation
before the President during the meeting.
"We are pursuing the specific policy, rules
and regulations under the provisions of the
constitution and the exiting electoral laws
on delimitation of constituencies," he said.
"There is no scope of
losing neutrality in this connection," he
added.
Dr ATM Shamsul Huda said, the President gave
a patient hearing to them and witnessed the
power point demonstration on delimitation of
constituencies.
The CEC said, the President expressed his
satisfaction at the activities of the EC to
hold general elections according to the road
map.
Military Secretary to the President Major
General Mohd Aminul Karim, Secretary of the
President's Office Md Sirajul Islam and
Press Secretary Abdul Awal Howlader were
present.
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