No decision made on using EVMs in next JS polls: CEC

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal has said that the commission did not take any final decision on the use of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the next general elections to be held either at the end of 2023 or at the beginning of 2024.

“The EVM system is yet gain the trust of all. We have had five meetings on using the EVMs and another one will be held tomorrow and we will review it at an open meeting about the prospect of using the EVMs,” he said while talking to reporters at his office in Agargaon area of Dhaka this noon.

The commission wants to gain consent of all for using the EVMs, Awal said, adding that it does not want to hold any stage-managed election in the country.

“We want to hold an inclusive national election in a healthy and congenial atmosphere,” the CEC said.