Bangladesh now has a new government, determined through an election held on January 7 that was described as “controversial" in well-known international press
The Election Commission today allowed 29 more local observers to monitor the upcoming national election
Communicated decision through letter to EC, foreign ministry
It is quite intriguing as to why the EC felt it necessary to hold a meeting with an organisation that does not have a clean history of poll monitoring.
The number of local observers in the December 30 election decreased significantly as the NGO Affairs Bureau has not granted the No Objection Certificate to 15 Election Working Group members until yesterday.
