Report in The daily star, Aug 1, 2017 Most civil society members during talks with the Election Commission yesterday spoke for restoring “no vote” system and ensuring a level-playing field for all political parties to hold the next election in a free, fair and participatory manner. They also suggested army be deployed alongside regular law enforcers during the polls, due in January 2019, to remove fear among voters, candidates and election officials. Most of the…
Posts published in August 2017
Report in The Daily Star, Aug 1, 2017 The cabinet yesterday gave its final approval to a draft law on increasing the service tenure of the chiefs of army, navy and the air force to four years. Traditionally, the chiefs of the three forces are appointed for three years. In some cases, their service time is extended. As per the proposed “Defence Forces Chiefs (appointment, retirement and salary and allowances) Act-2017”, their service tenure will…