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EC drops its plan to probe ’malpractices’

By Morshed Alj Khan
The Election Commission (EC) has revised its earlier decision to investigate irregularities in the Just held parliamentary elections.
The coinmission is no longer investigating any case of malpractice reported in the sixth parliamentary elections held last week." a top official of the EC told The Daily Star yes-
The Chief'Election Com-.missioner (CEC) had earlier said that his office was going to investigate cases of unusually large' turnout and other malpractices in the polls and withheld the results, of 35 seats.
The decision was changed
on grounds that the existing law did not permit it to ques-Uon any results of the parliamentary elections, the EC source pointed out.
The EC has now announced the results of the 35 seats, all bagged by the ruling BNP.
Tne EC is now hearing only the case of Narayanganj-4 constituency where 99.21 per cent votes were cast.
It is learnt that the EC had received complaints of rigging, stuffing of ballot boxes and other malpractices in the 35 constituencies.
When asked why the decision of taking action against rigging was changed, the CEC said that he had no comments
to make in this, regard. About the withdrawal of army, the CEC said that army had already been ordered to withdraw.
EC officials said that the results of 12 seats, not available until Saturday, had reached their office and reelection would be held in'six of- the seats. Results of the remaining six were announced.
The EC has so far announced the results of 207 constituencies and re-election will be held in various centres of 91‘ constituencies. Voting was suspended in two constituencies — one for the death of a candidate and the other for litigational problem.
An EC official said that the Commission was yet to decide when the repelling will take place In those centres.
According to Article 65 of the Constitution, elections must be held in all the 300 seats of Parliament in order to form a cabinet. But Article 56 of the Constitution says that the Incumbent government is to continue until the next government is formed