President urges EC to work neutrally

President Zillur Rahman yesterday urged the newly formed Election Commission (EC) to work independently and neutrally.
He was talking to the five-member Election Commission, in Bangabhaban on a courtesy call, the first since their formation on February 8, led by Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad.
On his return to the Secretariat, Election Commissioner Shahnewaz said, “We informed the president about the ongoing activities of the Election Commission” and holding polls to the bifurcated Dhaka City Corporation in the last week of May.
On the use of electronic voting machines (EVM) in national and local polls, he said, “The president encouraged the EC to use the EVM.” However, he said the EC was yet to take a decision on the use of EVMs in the next parliamentary polls.