Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal has said the main focus of the joint IRI and NDI pre-election assessment mission of the US which is in Dhaka now is a free, fair and participatory election in Bangladesh.
“They are mainly here for pre-assessment,” Awal said after a meeting with the delegation at Nirbachan Bhaban in Agargaon on Tuesday.
“The delegates know all there was to know… Now they will decide whether to send an [election] observer team, when and how to send it.”
The team had wanted to know about the rules, duties and activities of the Election Commission, he added.
The US mission has already held separate meetings with the ruling Awami League, BNP and Jatiya Party.
The six-member International Republican Institute (IRI) and National Democratic Institute (NDI) team arrived in Bangladesh on Saturday to follow electoral preparations and conduct an independent and impartial assessment.
It will meet with a diverse group of election stakeholders including government officials, political party leaders, election authorities, civil society and others till its stay ends on Friday.
