Voters have no confidence in election system: Kamal Hossain

Voicing dissatisfaction over the low voter turnout, Jatiya Oikya Front convener Kamal Hossain on Saturday said voters are not coming to polling stations as they have no confidence in the election system, reports UNB.

“I’m not satisfied at all with the voter turnout. It takes a long time to cast vote. Among 2,600 voters, less than a hundred votes were cast by 10:30am,” he said.

After casting his vote at Viqarunnisa Noon School and College voting centre, Kamal Hossain said one of the reasons behind the low turnout can be that voters’ lack of confidence in the electoral system.

Kamal Hossain, also the president of Gono Forum, said he is receiving complaints that BNP agents are being driven out of and obstructed from entering polling centres while people are facing difficulties in casting votes.

Narrating his personal experiences, Kamal Hossain said it took him around 30 minutes to complete his voting process. “EVM is a complicated system,” he said. “I’m not sure people will come to polling centre to cast their votes since the process is so complicated.”

He, however, urged voters to come to the polling centres and exercise their franchise.

Asked whether voters’ opinion will be reflected through the EVM, he said it is difficult to say anything right now. “It’ll be clear through the results.”