CEC sees security as biggest challenge during elections

CHATTOGRAM, Oct 11 (UNB): Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin has said presiding and returning officers will be given full powers to ensure a free, fair and credible voting process as security would be the biggest challenge in the upcoming national election.

"Election officers would be held accountable if they fail to use the power granted to them," he said.

The CEC was speaking at the inaugural session of a workshop titled "Identifying and Overcoming Challenges Faced by Polling Officers in the Election Process" at the Regional Public Administration Training Centre in Chattogram city on Saturday.

He said EC wants to demonstrate the true meaning of rule of law in the upcoming election, but warned the officers that negligence during the election would be considered a betrayal of the nation and the martyrs of the past movements.

He instructed that polling should be suspended if any irregularities occur, emphasising that the officers will have the full authority to take action in such cases.

Around 70 election officers discussed potential challenges during the polls in the daylong workshop presided over by Senior District Election Officer Md Bashir Ahmed.