UK angst over city polls

British High Commissioner Robert Gibson said he was disappointed that a full and clear Election Commission (EC) probe into the city corporation rigging allegations did not “appear” to have happened. He was speaking at the Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh (DCAB) flagship ‘DCABtalk’ on Thursday at National Press Club (NPC). He said he welcomed the elections at the beginning as there had been no indication of any violence and disruption. “I was quite stuck by how well the elections were running”. But later, he said, the situation changed, and there has been evidence in social media and press about the disruption and interference of the elections process. “I hoped given the amount of evidence that was on the social media and in the press about the interference with the election process there would have been a full and clear investigation of those allegations. But, that does not appear to have happened. And that I think is a great shame,” he said. However, the UK envoy said there had been no legal challenge to the elections and the Election Commissions had declared the results. He wished that the newly-elected three mayors would work with a vision as like the London mayors do, according to bdnews24.com.