EVM use depends upon support of political parties: CEC

Staff Correspondent: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda has said the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM)s in the 11th national election will depend upon the training and capability of Election Commission officials as well as support of political parties.

 

The CEC made the comment while speaking at the inauguration of a two-day training workshop on EVM use at the Election Training Institute (ETI) building in Agargaon in the city on Monday.

The CEC said if the decision comes from the Law Ministry, or the cabinet meeting, then EVMs might be used in the polls.

Since their introduction in 2010, EVMs have only been used in different local government elections.

The commission has already announced that it plans to hold the next parliamentary election in the last week of December.



risingbd/Dhaka/Sept 3, 2018/Hasibul/Mukul