The Washington-based National Democratic Institute has said its observer team along with other foreign observers were “unanimous” in their view that the Dec. 29 parliamentary election was a credible one.

“We have had discussions with other observers and it was an unanimous decision that the election was free and fair,” said NDI polls team chief Howard B Schaffer at a press conference in Westin Hotel.

“With few exceptions, the elections were well administered and took place in a peaceful environment,” said Schaffer, who served as US ambassador to Bangladesh in 1980s.

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