Desk Report
Publish: 23 Feb 2022, 07:53 pm
EC Formation
Bangabhaban || Photo: Collected
All eyes are fixed on the Bangabhaban as President M Abdul
Hamid will get the search committee's 10 names to constitute an Election
Commission (EC) with picking up one for the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC)
and four others for election commissioners (ECs).
"The search committee, which was assigned to make a
shortlist to help the President to form a strong and acceptable election
commission, will hand over a list of 10 persons to him tomorrow evening," President's
press secretary Md Joynal Abedin told the media.
He said the President, in line with the "Appointments
of the Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners
Act-2022", would finalize the names of CEC and other four election
commissioners from the list to be placed before him at 7:30 pm tomorrow.
The names of EC will be disclosed hopefully very shortly,
the Bangabhaban spokesman added.
Earlier, Cabinet Secretary Khandaker Anwarul Islam, who is
also the secretary of the search committee, said the committee has finalized
the 10 suitable candidates' -- names of two candidates for the post of CEC and
eight others for the four posts of election commissioner.
The cabinet secretary added that the search committee has
selected 10 people from the proposed names.
Headed by Justice Obaidul Hassan of the Appellate Division
of the Supreme Court, the other EC search committee members are: Justice SM
Quddus Zaman of the High Court Division, Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)
Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury, Public Service Commission (PSC) Chairman Mohammed
Sohrab Hossain, former Election Commissioner Mohammed Sohul Hossain and Writer
Prof Anwara Syed Haq.
During this period, the search committee held seven meetings
and four meetings with 47 eminent personalities to garner suggestions over the
EC formation.
On February 14, the Cabinet Division, which is providing
secretarial support to the search committee, published 322 names that the
political parties, professional bodies and individuals proposed for inclusion
by the search committee on its website.
The names of a few people are found more than once by
checking and sorting the list. After the correction, there were 315 names in
the list. Later the names of the list were reduced to 50 people, subsequently
20 and finally 10 names.
Several parties including BNP and CPB did not give any list
to the search committee.
At the very beginning, the President held talks with the
registered political parties, where BNP and a few others refused to hold
sittings over EC formation.
Meanwhile, almost all political parties, including the
ruling Awami League and main opposition in the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Jatiya Party
(JaPa) took part in the discussion.
They proposed to enact a new law to ensure a strong and acceptable
EC to hold free, fair and credible general elections in the days to come.
In the midst of much discussion and criticism, the
parliament passed the law over EC formation procedure on January 27.
Later, the President formed a six-member EC search committee
under it on February 5.
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