OIC delegation meets AL over JS polls
Kailash Sarkar
A delegation of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation-OIC on Friday morning held a meeting in the capital Dhaka with the ruling Awami League over the 12th national parliamentary election slated for January 7.
A three-member delegation of the OIC held the meeting with the ruling party at the AL’s Dhaka district office in the capital’s Tejgaon immediately after the AL held another meeting with a delegation of the Commonwealth.
Mohammad Yusuf Al Dubai, the Political Assistant Secretary to the Secretary General of the OIC, led the OIC delegation while AL general secretary Obaidul Quader led the AL team.
Earlier the ruling Awami League held another meeting with a delegation of the Commonwealth election observers on Friday morning, two days before the 12th national parliamentary election slated for January 7.
At the meeting, the ruling party reiterated its commitment of holding the JS polls free, fair and acceptable to all.
The meeting started around 8:30am at Pan Pacific Sonargaon in the capital Dhaka, which continued till 11:00am.
AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader, also the Mnister for Road Transport and Bridges Affairs, led the 10-member Awami League delegation while former Jamaican Prime Minister Orette Bruce Golding headed the 15-member Commonwealth delegation.
Welcoming the Commonwealth election observation team, the ruling party reiterated its commitment to making the January 7 election free, fair and acceptable.
Saber Hossain Chowdhury, the prime minister's special envoy on environment and climate change; Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury, the deputy education minister; Biplab Barua, the Awami League's office secretary; and Mohammad Ali Arafat, the lawmaker representing Dhaka-17; among others, were present in the meeting.
Officials of the Election Commission and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said apart from 127 foreign observers and journalists from different countries and various international organisations, 20,773 observers from Bangladesh will also monitor the JS polls.