Proposed curbing of EC’s power sends a wrong message at the wrong time

The Election Commission’s probe committee has found that around 100 people, including election officials, were involved in electoral irregularities during the Gaibandha-5 by-polls on October 12.

In order to make the next general election an acceptable one, the EC must evolve beyond the use of CCTV cameras.

There are a few possible explanations behind why the EC chose to suspend the Gaibandha-5 by-poll

What the suspension of Gaibandha-5 by-poll really means