Answer: The National Electoral Board had a series of meetings with political parties before the timetable was announced. After the consultations, two main issues that could pose challenges were identified. The first one was the challenge the parties are facing that prevents them from moving freely in regions, and second was the security situation in different parts of the country. Based on this assessment, the Board undertook two major tasks to go around the loopholes. One of them is the preparation of an election security plan by the government. During the preparation of the plan, the Board participates to ensure that the plan includes technical information and conditions regarding the election. The second response was setting up a tripartite platform to solve the problems in different regions that were pointed out by parties. Accordingly, tripartite talks have begun to address the problems political parties had spotted. The discussions are held in three regions so far. The ruling party, the regional parties, and the Board dealt with the complaints that were noted by parties and effort is exerted to reach an agreement on possible solutions. The Board believes that these practices will help solve existing problems.
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