Staff Reporter :
Shusashoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujan), a civil society platform, on Wednesday called upon all to elect honest, competent and dedicated candidates in the Dhaka North and South City Corporation election scheduled for February 1.
It also urged the authorities concerned to hold free, fair and peaceful elections to ensure a congenial atmosphere for the voters so that they can exercise their franchise.
“Those who will be elected will administer the city for next five years. We have to ensure that honest and dedicated candidates
emerge as the winners,” Badiul Alam Majumdar, Secretary of the platform, said it while speaking at a human chain programme in front of Jatiya Press Club in the capital on Wednesday.
There are many things to think about the forthcoming city election and one of those is that the Election Commission is playing a silent role despite violations of the electoral code of conduct, he said.
“It seems that the EC will not do anything that may annoy those in power,” he said, terming this attitude “an ominous sign”.
Mentioning that there are flaws in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), Badiul Alam said it is not possible to audit the cast vote as there is no paper trail system in EVMs.
People also do not have enough faith in the use of EVMs in the elections.
He, yet, expresses hope that the voters will still go to vote centres without fear and will elect their honest candidates by voting for them.
Shujan Central Coordinator Dilip Kumar Sarker, who moderated the programme, urged all political parties to accept the verdict of the voters.
He also called upon the government to provide all kind of supports to the Election Commission to hold the elections in a free, fair and credible manner.
Shusashoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujan), a civil society platform, on Wednesday called upon all to elect honest, competent and dedicated candidates in the Dhaka North and South City Corporation election scheduled for February 1.
It also urged the authorities concerned to hold free, fair and peaceful elections to ensure a congenial atmosphere for the voters so that they can exercise their franchise.
“Those who will be elected will administer the city for next five years. We have to ensure that honest and dedicated candidates
emerge as the winners,” Badiul Alam Majumdar, Secretary of the platform, said it while speaking at a human chain programme in front of Jatiya Press Club in the capital on Wednesday.
There are many things to think about the forthcoming city election and one of those is that the Election Commission is playing a silent role despite violations of the electoral code of conduct, he said.
“It seems that the EC will not do anything that may annoy those in power,” he said, terming this attitude “an ominous sign”.
Mentioning that there are flaws in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), Badiul Alam said it is not possible to audit the cast vote as there is no paper trail system in EVMs.
People also do not have enough faith in the use of EVMs in the elections.
He, yet, expresses hope that the voters will still go to vote centres without fear and will elect their honest candidates by voting for them.
Shujan Central Coordinator Dilip Kumar Sarker, who moderated the programme, urged all political parties to accept the verdict of the voters.
He also called upon the government to provide all kind of supports to the Election Commission to hold the elections in a free, fair and credible manner.
