Search Committee places 10 names to President
24 February 2022, 09:49 pm | Updated: 24 November 2024, 09:33 am
The Search Committee, assigned to recommend the list of Chief Election Commission (CEC) and other four commissioners, on Thursday submitted a list of 10 names to President M Abdul Hamid from where five people will be picked for the Election Commission (EC).
"The search committee handed over 10 names to the President for the EC formation . . . And the President will choose the one for the CEC and four others for election commissioners within very shortest possible time," Cabinet Secretary Khandaker Anwarul Islam told journalists after coming out from Bangabhaban this evening.
The cabinet secretary, who is also working as the secretary of the search committee, added: "The President is expected to pick five names out of 10 very shortly as per the new law."
Earlier, he told that the search committee has selected 10 people from the proposed names, holding seven meetings and four meetings with 47 eminent personalities to garner suggestions over the EC formation.
