A gazette notification was issued on Thursday regarding the formation of a six-member Search Committee led by Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury to constitute a new Election Commission.
The Search Committee will recommend names for the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and four election commissioners (ECs) in accordance with Section 3 of the ‘Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Appointment Act, 2022.’
The other members of the committee are High Court Division Justice AKM Asaduzzaman, Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of Bangladesh Nurul Islam, Chairman of Bangladesh Public Service Commission Mobasser Momen, former teacher of the International Relations Department of Dhaka University Dr Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar and former PSC chairman Prof Zeenatun Nesa Tahmida Begum.
The notification also said the Cabinet Division will provide necessary support to facilitate the committee's operations.
The Search Committee will propose 10 names of persons fit for the post of Chief Election Commissioner and election commissioners by 15 days.
The body will propose two names against each post for reconstituting the EC.
Of the names, the President will constitute the EC by appointing one as Chief Election Commissioner and four others as election commissioners.
The new EC will conduct the 13th parliamentary elections.
Following a political changeover, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on September 5 announced the resignation of a five-member commission just a month after the fall of Sheikh Hasina-led government.
