CEC committed to holding violence-free local elections

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin has said the Election Commission (EC) is committed to holding fair and violence-free local government elections and called upon all stakeholders to cooperate in fostering national unity to ensure the credibility of the electoral process., report agencies.
"We want local government elections to be free from violence, and we are committed to conducting them in a fair and transparent manner," he said while addressing an event organised by the Asian Network for Free Elections at a hotel in the capital on Thursday.
The Chief Election Commissioner also urged all stakeholders to work together to promote national unity and ensure a peaceful electoral environment.
He said the EC would launch a full-scale awareness campaign with the cooperation from development partners and would hold discussion with stakeholders.
"We want to mobilise all and make them united so that we can give a fair local government election avoiding such conflicts (violence)," said Nasir Uddin.
About the vote counting process during the February-12 general election, he said the election results of every constituency, even every polling station-wise result are still in the EC's website and anyone can examine if there is discrepancy in the polls results.
"You can see whether there is any discrepancy in the polling station-wise results," said Nasir Uddin.
"The Election Commission is neither for nor against anyone. We want to create a good environment for everyone, so they can cast their votes freely. The national elections have become our standard, the bottom line. We have to improve this."