His comment came a week into Election Commission Secretary Muhammad Abdullah’s remark that the option was no longer being considered. The road map that Election Commission revealed on Sunday for the 11th general election due by 2019 also says nothing about the subject. EC Secretary Abdullah earlier told journalists that EVMs would not be used in the next elections and so, the issue was not mentioned in the work plan. They said EVMs would open floodgates to “digital corruption.”The CEC told them that the option would not be used if any party opposed it. Following a meeting with the EC on Jul 9, Secretary Abdullah said: “The roadmap, which has no mention of EVMs, has been finalised.

Source: bd News24 July 16, 2017 16:52 UTC