Not feeling any pressure: CEC

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal today said they are not feeling any pressure.

He made the remarks while visiting the monitoring cell at Nirbachan Bhaban in the capital's Agargaon.

Like the by-elections to Gaibandha-5 constituency, the Election Commission will monitor from the cell the zila parishad election scheduled to be held tomorrow (October 16, 2022).

The commission were criticized by the ruling Awami League after it halted the Gaibandha-5 by-polls, monitoring the situation through CCTV.

Replying to a query about it, Kazi Habibul Awal said, "We are not feeling any pressure. We're doing our job."

The CEC said use of CCTV camera has a good side that election can be monitored from the office.

"We don't take any side. We want voters to cast their votes. That's why we are using CCTV," he said.

Replying to query how the Election Commission will monitor the parliamentary election through CCTV, Election Commissioner Md Alamgir said "There will be 4 lakh polling booths in around 40,000 polling stations. Our technical team has said that CCTV can be used there."

More manpower will be appointed for monitoring. EC officials will be deployed in this regard, he said.