‘Want to take up challenge of holding a credible election’: CEC

UNB :
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Sunday said they want to take up the challenge of holding the next national election in a free and neutral manner despite the trust deficit prevailing among the public regarding elections.

“There is a perception in the public sphere. There is no trust in us and in the government. Elections are not held in an impartial manner (people think).

We want to take up this challenge that the next election will be free and fair and peaceful as well as transparent,” he said.

The CEC was addressing the inaugural session of a two-day training workshop arranged for Upazila Nirbahi Officers (UNO) and Upazila/Thana Election Officers ahead of the 12th parliamentary elections.

Some 50 UNOs and 50 election officers participated in the workshop at the Electoral Training Institute (ETI) in the city’s Agargaon area.

Habibul Awal said they would ensure transparency in the election through their monitoring and media surveillance.

He asked the participant officers to work so that there would be no trust crisis regarding the next election.