Govt must answer: CEC

Thank all queries for a "just and peaceful" Narayanganj town, Chief Wahl said Commissioner A T M Shamsul Huda, that the Government for not deploying army will keep for the elections.

"We are yet to know why no army in Narayanganj was deployed." "But will sit with the Government on the issue after the election", he told reporters in the Electoral Commission on Sunday night.

From 20, no report of violence in the middle of BNP-backed Taimur Alam Khan Dacian of candidate's last-minute boycott ended the Narayanganj City Corporation elections to 16.

In view of the demands made by many decided the Election Commission on Oct 16, four companies of the army in Narayanganj provide two days before the city after the election.

Candidates and the EC expressed its disappointment at the non-deployment of the army on Friday.
The CEC said on Friday night, "they (the Government) are required to give army, according to the Constitution?, which should have spoken with us."

He also said that the election will take place, whether army or is not provided.

Huda said on Sunday that "It is proven that our Friday decision was correct."

' CONTRIBUTIONS MAY NOT BE GIVEN UP '

Of withdrawal from several quarters after the fiasco Friday said Huda calls for "Election Commissioner is a constitutional post."

"Every now and then to leave it is irresponsibility." We this not possible, "he added."

He mentioned that the then Government army not commissioned, even if the Commission 2003 / 04 had filed a written application in the election. "We will check, why these things happen." It is a problem. "It should be resolved."

The CEC also said that the consensus between the Commission, the Government and the opposition to these problems is required. "Neither the Government nor the opposition's enemy the Electoral Commission."

MILESTONES

Huda says that the Naraynganj polls a milestone in the history of Bangladesh be choice for any reason.

"One of them is the use of closed-circuit cameras." But they are very expensive. We think of webcams in future use, ", he said."

The Commission is monitoring the vote in 20 centres with close circuit cameras.

The CEC also said that after the ballot confusion for the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) were removed.

"We think this should be continued," he added.

EVMs were used in 58 centres of the nine wards in Narayanganj.

"VOTING POSSIBLE WITHOUT ARMY"

Fair elections without an army help keep whether it is possible, Huda said, "you should be given to the work that he should do." If police have a problem to solve it, we should help. "Other agencies can be used for everything."

Only BNP, seven hours before the elections announced to boycott the polls about this fact, that troops had not been used. Later, BNP-backed candidate Taimur Alam Khan Dacian told reporters at his home, he boycotted the election of Chairperson Khaleda Zia to orders.

To do this, Huda, said "so far I have heard, he took the decision after a central order." "I have nothing to say."

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