Fake voters!
Mallik Akram Hossain The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
A BNP leader in an interview with a newspaper disclosed that NDI, an organisation led by Jimmy Carter, found 64 lakh fake voters on the voter list. These "voters" were deliberately included in the list as part of a ploy to win the election. "What is going to happen to these fake voters if a new voter list is not prepared?" he asked. We are surprised with this discovery when the whole nation is observing the voter list drama staged by the CEC. As per his advice, the government has recently employed two more election commissioners to increase his strength in the Commission in order to fulfill his so called dream of preparing a fresh voter list and hold a fair election. Already, we have seen how the preparation of voter list is going on, with enumerators mostly cadres and leaders of the four-party government. People want to see a fair voter list as well as a free and fair election. The CEC should act for the people, and not for a party.
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