Election Commissioners Md Alamgir and Rasheda Sultana on Sunday indicated that there is no plan to monitor the upcoming 12th national election by installing CCTV cameras in the polling centres.
Election Commissioner Alamgir gave this indication to reporters at the Election Bhaban on Sunday when asked about the plan to install CCTV cameras in the risky centres.
"It hasn't been discussed much between us. There was no formal discussion…Because you know, there are about four lakh centres in 300 constituencies. There may be a number of risky centres. It is difficult to monitor through CCTV cameras in so many centres,” said Md Alamgir.
"We will make special arrangements at the vulnerable centres in that case. I mean, we're going to hire more law enforcement members in those centres," he added.
Mentioning that if all the parties participate in the election, a balanced environment is automatically prevailed, EC Alamgir said, “They (parties) play a great role in maintaining discipline rather than law enforcement agencies. Because they know that if the situation deteriorates or the situation worsens in the elections, they will be the ones who will be affected.”
On the other hand, Rasheda Sultana said the commission will not use CCTV cameras in the upcoming 12th parliamentary election.
She said this while talking to reporters at her election office at Agargaon in the capital.
“There is no legal obligation to use CCTV cameras in the election, so the Commission is not obliged to use cameras,” she added.
