Two sets of voters' list?
I am fully aware that the issue of the voter list is officially considered closed except for some formalities of corrections and new additions. Thanks to the election commission for such a successful public relation arrangement in Hotel Radisson recently commemorating the theoretical success of registering more than 8 crores voters with photo. Indeed a commendable work by those who are involved in the process.
Nevertheless, I have an unanswered question : Do we have two sets of voter lists - one only the list and the other with the photo of the voter? I have been asking this question since I heard one Commissioner of the EC making comments admitting about two sets of voter lists on a TV talk show few weeks back. I would be very grateful if the media can get this point clarified from the EC and inform the people. I do not expect the EC to respond to my query. They already appear to be desperate and non-accountable institution in the country. How can CEC say that I do not bother what the politicians say, I will go for the upazila election in October 2008 ? What a desperate plan from such a high level public servant?
Anyway, we are waiting for field testing of the voter list in the coming elections and make our final judgement. The politicians have further proved their inherent weakness in handling the political situation due to their inter and intra conflicts in and between the major political parties in the country. Their failure has strengthened the hands of the unelected government to follow hard and desperate line in politics.
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