As many as 42 distinguished citizens accused the commission of indiscipline and serious financial misconduct and sent a letter to President Abdul Hamid urging him to order an investigation into the matter. The EC is not directly involved in the purchase of the machines…so the allegations brought against EC in the statement are false.”“The complaint of misconduct in the national and local elections is also untrue. Rather, many local elections have been cancelled over irregularities.”Huda continued, “The parliamentary and local government elections are being very competitive. The turnout was 60 to 80 percent.”“The claim that the public has lost their faith in the election is fabricated.”Earlier, Election Commission Shahadat Hossain on Dec 20 had termed the allegations of the distinguished citizens ‘fabricated and motivated’. “What’s most painful is...they presented the allegations to the honourable president while accusing us at the same time.

Source: bd News24 December 24, 2020 13:29 UTC