<div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Law Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul on Saturday said the election timing will be fixed under the leadership of Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus as it is a very important policy decision.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"He (CA) alone has the authority to declare it (election timing)," Prof Asif Nazrul said in a statement, further explaining his remarks made in a TV programme on Thursday night.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Earlier, Dr Asif Nazrul said the next national election may be arranged by the next year - 2025 - after completing the pre-election preparations, including the formation of a new Election Commission through a search committee.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"I think realistically, holding the election may be possible by next year. There are many factors. This is a preliminary assumption to me," he said when Daily Manabzamin Chief Editor Matiur Rahman Chowdhury wanted to know about the election timing during a programme titled "Ajker Patrika" hosted by Channel I .</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dr Asif said a search committee will be formed soon to help form the new Election Commission.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The new EC will then prepare a flawless voters' list and then an election will be held, he said.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In his statement, Dr Asif said he did not get a chance to fully explain these factors there.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But everyone will understand from the words of the government that there are issues of reform and political consensus for the elections, said the Adviser.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"These are the factors. I also spoke about the reforms," he said.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Some other factors I have explained in the programme, such as: formation of search committee and election commission, preparation of voter list etc," he added.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Adviser said if these factors remain okay, the election may be held next year. "I also said this from my primary assumption.”&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">These conditional ideas and assumptions are presented by some media as an election announcement. Honestly, this is not correct," Asif Nazrul said in his statement.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>