EC Search Committee to meet President today

The six-member ‘Search Committee’ formed to constitute a new Election Commission (EC) will pay a courtesy call on President Mohammed Shahabuddin today (November 20).

The meeting will be held at Bangabhaban at 6.15 PM (Tuesday).

President’s Press Secretary Md Joynal Abedin confirmed.

Earlier, the government formed a search committee to find qualified individuals for the positions of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and other Election Commissioners (ECs).

Justice of Supreme Court Appellate Division Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury will chair the search committee.

The other members of the search committee are—Senior Justice of High Court Division AKM Asaduzzaman, Comptroller and Auditor General (OCAG) of Bangladesh, Chairman of the Bangladesh Public Service Commission (BPSC), former Professor of International Relations Department of Dhaka University Prof Dr. Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar and former Chairman of BPSC Professor Dr. ZN Tahmida Begum.