On Tuesday afternoon, the EC held discussions with Chittagong divisional-level law and order forces regarding the 12th National Assembly elections at the Chittagong Teacher Training Institute (PTI) auditorium. Later the chief election commissioner said these things to the journalists.
CEC Kazi Habibul said that even if the ballot paper goes 10 days or 10 months before the morning, the candidates will check whether the transparent boxes are empty in the polling station in the morning with their polling agents and then close them. In that case, there is no opportunity to enter any ballot box illegally. Still, we said to gain trust and confidence, we would send the ballot papers in the morning.
He also said that the polling agents must stand and check whether the ballot boxes are empty or not. They will remain at the center till the end of polling i.e. counting and results.
The Chief Election Commissioner said, "If there is any muscle power during the voting, we will stop the voting in those polling stations if we are informed." We have tried to convince the contenders, many have been convinced, but some may not have been convinced. On behalf of the Election Commission, we would like to say that this kind of incident will not happen in the upcoming 12th National Assembly elections.
He further said that if there is any emergence of muscle power in the polling station, that is why I have told the administration that if the returning officers are informed and if the presiding officer is told, he will stop the polling immediately. If he does not stop, if the Returning Officer is informed, he will stop. If he does not do it, then if we are informed, we can also stop the election from Dhaka. That is why I said that the mistrust created in our voting process should be removed.
Qazi Habibul Awal also said that if an unauthorized person enters a polling station in any way, then it should be understood that he has kumtalab. As a result, polling in any center will become questionable. We have given a strong message that it will not be tolerated in any way. Professional goons are hired for black money in our electoral culture. They are called muscle power. A strict watch must be kept so that muscle power does not question the vote.
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