Dhaka, Nov. 20 -- Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin says the Election Commission will outline its course of action on the proposed Referendum only after the relevant ordinance is issued.

Although the Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus in a televised address recently has already announced that the referendum will be held on the same day as the national election, the CEC made it clear that the legal framework must come first. He made the remarks on Wednesday while wrapping up the fourth day of dialogue with political parties.

According to him, party representatives repeatedly asked how the referendum would work, but the commission cannot move without the law that will authorise and guide the process. Speaking about the Chief Advi...