As the parties concluded their campaigns, claiming to get votes in the elections and requesting people to trust them, the silence period began on the night of 18 Falgun (Monday). During this period, no advocacy is made through parties and other public media about who to vote for or not. No attempt is made to influence voters. This is basically the time for voters.

The Election Commission has published a notice stating what activities are prohibited from the night of 18 Falgun. Under which election campaigning has been banned. Discussions, interactions, meetings, conferences, workshops, etc. are not allowed.     It is time to analyze the verbal and written promises of parties and candidates, as well as the manifestos of the parties, to decide who to vote for before the 21 Falgun vote. It is a time to brainstorm. Since a decision made by voters will guide the future of the country, they should not be disturbed or influenced during this period. They should be left to make informed decisions. In particular, political parties, candidates, activists, supporters, influential people, media, etc. should respect the requests and requests from the Election Commission regarding the silence period. Prohibited activities should not be adopted.

The Election Commission has published a notice stating what activities are not allowed from the night of 18 Falgun. Under which, election campaigning has been banned. Discussions, interactions, meetings, conferences, workshops, etc. are not allowed. Parties and gatherings are also not allowed. No message, information or propaganda material in favor of or against a political party or candidate can be posted or shared through social media, online, print or any other medium. No solicitation of votes is allowed in any way. Voting is not allowed. Political parties and candidates, and their sister organizations must remove advertisements and election propaganda materials posted on social media. Peace must be maintained at the polling station. Similarly, propaganda materials of political parties and candidates placed within 300 meters of the polling station 48 hours before the polling day must be removed.

Not doing activities prohibited by the Election Commission means not only complying with the requests made by the responsible body, but also helping to conduct the election in a clean environment. As ideal as the silence period is, its implementation is equally weak in practice. Prohibited activities are being violated during the silence period. In particular, parties and candidates have made this period a matter of life and death. For that, they have also engaged in non-political activities. In particular, they are willing to do anything to influence voters. Details of financial or other types of inducements, gifts or soft threats were made public during previous elections. There is no basis to say that this will not be repeated this time too. In such a situation, the dignity of the silence period does not exist. The election cannot be considered to have been conducted in a clean and influence-free environment.

It is the responsibility of every political party and candidate to follow the election code of conduct or its procedures. Therefore, they should be honest in following the activities prohibited during the silence period and strive to maintain the dignity of the silence period.   It is the responsibility of every political party and candidate to comply with the election code of conduct or its procedures. Therefore, they should strive to be honest in following the activities prohibited during the silence period and maintain the dignity of the silence period. Those who say they will follow the rules and regulations in their speeches, advocate the rule of law, consider themselves to be the bearers of transparency and good governance, but secretly engage in prohibited activities cannot lead the country to a bright future. Winning elections is an important aspect, but the tendency to try to win by adopting illegal and prohibited tactics cannot strengthen democracy. Not only winning and losing, but only winning with moral strength makes an election worthwhile. This issue should be taken into account not only by political parties and candidates, but also by voters. Candidates should pledge themselves - they accept the votes given by the voters by looking at the public promise and manifesto, they will not engage in activities that are against the rules and code of conduct for the sake of winning, and will not mobilize their workers.