Staff Reporter :
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said that the Election Commission (EC) would use Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in the Dhaka City Corporation election only to serve the government’s desire.
He said, it is not possible to get credible results from electronic voting machine (EVM).
BNP leader said, “We are observing with serious concern that the EC has become active to fulfill the government’s desire even after unprecedented scandal in the national election.”
“EC has taken a position against the will of people only to bring the election results in favour of the government through tricks by using the EVMs. But election results generated by EVMs are never acceptable,” Rizvi said at a press conference in the BNP office at noya palton.
The BNP leader urged the Commission to take proper steps for holding a credible election discarding its plan to use the EVMs.
He claimed that it was proved through different research works that `EVM is not a transparent voting system, and it is not conducive to democratic practice’.
Almost five million voters in Dhaka will cast their ballots for the City Corporation election, slated for January 30, using the EVM for the first time.
But the BNP leader said, EVM is not a transparent voting system. If never serves democracy. “The results generated by these machines cannot be trusted.”
“Not only BNP, but also all other responsible political parties and election experts and observers are against the use of EVMs in the election. All are saying EVM is one of the weapons to rig votes, but the Election Commission is not paying heed to it,” said Rizvi.
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said that the Election Commission (EC) would use Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in the Dhaka City Corporation election only to serve the government’s desire.
He said, it is not possible to get credible results from electronic voting machine (EVM).
BNP leader said, “We are observing with serious concern that the EC has become active to fulfill the government’s desire even after unprecedented scandal in the national election.”
“EC has taken a position against the will of people only to bring the election results in favour of the government through tricks by using the EVMs. But election results generated by EVMs are never acceptable,” Rizvi said at a press conference in the BNP office at noya palton.
The BNP leader urged the Commission to take proper steps for holding a credible election discarding its plan to use the EVMs.
He claimed that it was proved through different research works that `EVM is not a transparent voting system, and it is not conducive to democratic practice’.
Almost five million voters in Dhaka will cast their ballots for the City Corporation election, slated for January 30, using the EVM for the first time.
But the BNP leader said, EVM is not a transparent voting system. If never serves democracy. “The results generated by these machines cannot be trusted.”
“Not only BNP, but also all other responsible political parties and election experts and observers are against the use of EVMs in the election. All are saying EVM is one of the weapons to rig votes, but the Election Commission is not paying heed to it,” said Rizvi.
