Dhaka, March 6 -- Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin has said the Election Commission (EC) will strongly advocate for the government to place the national identity (NID) services under its control.
"We will strongly voice our opinions in the law-making process. Wherever opinions are needed, we will give (opinions). Our entire commission wants this," he said.
The CEC said this while talking to reporters following a sit-in programme of EC employees and officials in front of his office room at the Nirbachan Bhaban in the city on Thursday.
The EC staff were protesting a fresh move initiated by the current government to enact a law for bringing a number of civic services, including birth registration and national identity regis...