প্রকাশ: 07/02/2022
The six-member search committee, tasked with suggesting
names for the formation of the next Election Commission, has called upon the
registered political parties to send nominations for the posts of chief
election commissioner (CEC) and other election commissioners (ECs).
The Cabinet Division issued a circular today, urging the
registered political parties to recommend up to 10 names for CEC and ECs by 5pm
Thursday.
Also, individuals interested to serve as either CEC or EC
can also send their own names.
The names will have to be emailed to gfp_sec@cabinet.gov.bd
or directly to the Cabinet Division (snail mail) within this time, the circular
added.
President Abdul Hamid formed the search committee, headed by
Justice Obaidul Hassan, in line with the new law on forming the Election Commission.
The other members of the committee are Justice SM Kuddus
Zaman, Comptroller and Auditor General Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury, Public
Service Commission Chairman Md Sohorab Hossain, former election commissioner
Sohul Hussain, and writer Anwara Syed Haq.
The "Appointment of Chief Election Commissioner and
Election Commissioners Act 2022" was published in an extraordinary gazette
by the National Parliament.
Search committee
The committee can seek names from political parties and
professional organisations for the posts of CEC and ECs.
The search committee will recommend two names against each
vacant post before the president.
The Cabinet Division will provide secretariat assistance to
the committee.
On January 27 last, Parliament passed the Appointment of
Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners Bill 2022 to have a law
under the Article 118 (1) of the Constitution. The president assented to the
bill on January 29.
The government framed the law as the incumbent EC, headed by
KM Nurul Huda, is set to fulfil its five-year tenure in mid-February.
In absence of this law, the president appointed the CEC and
commissioners in the past.
The last two election commissions, headed by Kazi Rakibuddin
Ahmad and KM Nurul Huda, were constituted in 2012 and 2017 through search
committees formed by the president following dialogues with political parties.
Source: UNB
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