Khulna Correspondent //

Election Commissioner (EC) Brigadier General Abul Fazal Md. Sanaullah (retd.) said that the main goal of the current commission is to prepare a beautiful, accurate and updated voter list and make the next election free, fair and impartial.
He said that the list should not only be updated by sitting at the designated place, but also by going door to door to fill in the forms of voters. It is necessary to pay attention to ensure that no one eligible to be a voter, especially women and the young generation, is left out of the list. Trying to become a voter in multiple places by hiding information is a crime. In this era of information technology, it is not possible to become a voter by hiding information.

He said all this while speaking as the chief guest at the inauguration of a day-long workshop titled ‘Challenges in the voter registration process and ways to overcome challenges’ at the Khulna CSS Ava Center on Thursday (January 16) afternoon. The Election Commission Secretariat’s Capacity Building Project (CBTEP) on the Use of ICT in the Election Process organized this workshop.

The Election Commissioner said, the long movement of democracy, the sacrifice of students and the people and the new hope for change is to regain the right to vote. This hope includes organizing a fair and impartial election. Voting is a fundamental right of citizens. Many things are associated with this right. Our overall social stability, harmony, social relations, development, and survival with respect as a state and nation will depend on fair, fair and impartial elections. Organizing elections is a huge task. In which we are all involved. Especially in this changing situation, the responsibility must be completed correctly and impartially.

He also said, it is not only collecting voter list information, but also this information is useful in preparing national identity cards. National identity cards are used for various purposes including obtaining passports, receiving citizen services, and enrolling children in schools. If there is a mistake in this, the concerned person will suffer at every step. Therefore, it is advisable for those who collect information to become voters with correct information. This time, the voter list update or verification carries a slightly different importance than before.

Khulna Divisional Commissioner Md. Firoz Sarkar presided over the workshop, and special guests included Additional Secretary of the Election Commission Secretariat KM Ali Newaz, Khulna Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Saiful Islam, Regional Election Officer Md. Humayun Kabir and CBTEP Project Director Muhammad Mustafa Hasan. Khulna District Election Officer Farazi Benazir Ahmed delivered the welcome speech. The project’s DPD Md. Mizanur Rahman presented an article at the workshop. Additional Regional Election Officers, Senior District and District Election Officers, Additional District Election Officers, Upazila and Thana Election Officers, School-College-University-Madrasa teachers, programmers, system analysts, women voters, women’s organizations, new voters, social workers, NGOs, religious leaders and media workers participated in the workshop.

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