Security of polling booths :
From the news report published in the media outlets on April 22, we learned that the Election Commission has asked the government for army deployment for four days alongside regular law-enforcement agencies during the city polls. Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad said, “We have taken the decision to give the voters mental relief .”
We were feeling very happy but it was short lived. We were crestfallen when the next day it was disclosed that the army will remain in the cantonment as it is and act only if the returning officers ask them to do so.
It will not serve any purpose as the present atmosphere is not congenial, people will feel unsafe if members of armed forces are not stationed near the polling stations.
It is the sacred duty of Election Commission to conduct an election in which people would be able to cast their votes without any hindrance. We trust the EC will not forget it.
From the news report published in the media outlets on April 22, we learned that the Election Commission has asked the government for army deployment for four days alongside regular law-enforcement agencies during the city polls. Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad said, “We have taken the decision to give the voters mental relief .”
We were feeling very happy but it was short lived. We were crestfallen when the next day it was disclosed that the army will remain in the cantonment as it is and act only if the returning officers ask them to do so.
It will not serve any purpose as the present atmosphere is not congenial, people will feel unsafe if members of armed forces are not stationed near the polling stations.
It is the sacred duty of Election Commission to conduct an election in which people would be able to cast their votes without any hindrance. We trust the EC will not forget it.
Nur Jahan
Chittagong
