The Election Commission (EC) today (December 28) approved 20,773 local observers to oversee the next parliamentary election scheduled for January 7.

Of them, 517 observers got approval centrally while 20,256 at the field level, Shariful Alam, director (public relations) of the commission, said on Thursday (December 28).

The EC gave the approval according to the relevant law, he said.

The central election observers can collect their identity cards and stickers for vehicles from the EC Secretariat, while others have to collect cards and stickers from the offices of the returning officers, he said.

BDST: 2117 HRS, DEC 28, 2023
MSK