New CEC, 4 commissioners take oath tomorrow
Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed will administer the oath
The newly appointed chief election commissioner (CEC) and four other election commissioners will take oath tomorrow.
"The oath-taking ceremony of the newly appointed CEC and other election commissioners will be held at the Supreme Court Judges' Lounge at 1.30pm tomorrow," said M Shafiqul Islam, public relations officer of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, today (23 November).
Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed will administer the oath, he added.
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On 21 November, President Mohammed Shahabuddin appointed former secretary AMM Nasir Uddin as the new CEC and four others as election commissioners in line with Article 118 (1) of the constitution.
The other four commissioners are former secretary M Anwarul Islam Sarker, retired district and sessions judge Abdur Rahman Masud, retired joint secretary Begum Tahmida Ahmad, and Brigadier General (retd) Abul Fazal Sanaullah.
The Cabinet Division last Thursday issued separate gazette notifications to this end.
The new Election Commission has been constituted on the basis of the recommendation of a six-member Search Committee, which the interim government formed with Appellate Division Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury as its head on 29 October.
The committee later recommended the names of qualified individuals for the positions of the CEC and other commissioners.
