About 65% people believe that none but the army can maintain the law and order during elections, said a study of Election Working Group (EWG) on Tuesday.
Director of EWG Abdul Alim presented the findings of the study at a city hotel.
The EWG carried out the study on 118 parliamentary constituencies out of the total 300 across the country from June to August.
The study shows that about 46.3% people think other than the army law enforcers are not capable of ensuring security and impartiality in the polls.
EWG in its presentation claimed that it had appointed permanent observer at each constituency and thousands of short-term observers to conduct the study.
The study said the army were deployed in the 1973 first general election to maintain law and order as per the article 126 of the constitution.
In 2001 the army were included in the definition of the law enforcing agencies in the electoral laws. The provision was dropped from the electoral laws in 2009.
About representation of women’s participation in the committees of political parties the study report said the current level of female participation remains extremely low, even at 8.5%.
Although the RPO mandates that political parties must achieve 33% women’s participation in all committees by 2020.
Meanwhile, Election Commissioner Shah Newaz on Tuesday told reporters that the Election Commission would seek assistance from the army in the parliamentary election, if needed.
The commission will take initiatives after monitoring the situation in the run-up to the next general election, he added.
He hoped that all political parties would take part in the next general elections.
