, Feb. 8 -- Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Sunday said that no government can guarantee there will be no attempts at violence, particularly when influential actors are actively calling for disruption.

"But the conditions today are not the same as before. Security forces are under close scrutiny, political parties and civil society are cooperating, and international observers are on the ground," he said in response to TIB's report on election related killings.

Together, Alam said, these conditions give real reason to believe that this election can finally end the cycle of fear and violence that defined previous elections.

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