Electoral system collapsed due to toothless EC
The electoral system has broken down completely as the Election Commission has turned into an ineffective organisation, the main opposition Jatiya Party said yesterday.
“It would not be an exaggeration to say that people's confidence in the Election Commission is zero at the moment,” JP Co-chairman GM Quader said at a press conference at the party chief's Banani office.
The press conference was organised to express JP's reaction to the ongoing Union Parishad election.
In a written statement, Quader said violence and bloodshed had reached a record high in the ongoing UP polls due to failure and inactiveness of the EC and the government.
From the very beginning, the EC had no control on the administration and law enforcement agencies, he said.
“In fact, in most places voting did not take place at all as the ruling party men snatched voting results in favour of their candidates,” he added.
The JP senior leader said 117 people were killed so far in election violence as a huge festivity of occupying polling centres, casting false votes and intimidating people were common.
"After the first two phases... we called upon the Election Commission to improve situation in the rest of the phases. But the situation worsened gradually.”
Quader said people would lose their interest and confidence in election if the situation remained unchanged.
“There will be no candidate available to contest in election except for the ruling party contestants if this farce goes in the name of election... Such a situation will not bring anyone any good.”
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