Search body in search of ‘Best Person’

The search committee formed for reconstitution of the Election Commission, has held a scheduled meeting in a bid to finalize the names for the commission from the short-list.

 

The committee’s meeting was held at the Supreme Court Judges' Lounge at 5pm on Thursday (today).

 

In today’s meeting, the search body has scrutinized the names that have been placed in the recently made short-list.

 

The committee, however is yet to finalise the names for reconstituting the five-member Election Commission from the short-list.

 

Additional secretary of the cabinet division, Abdul Oadud, has briefed reporters after the meeting on the day.

 

The search committee, yesterday, met four eminent citizens in the lineup to reconstitute the Election Commission (EC), which will hold the next parliamentary polls.

 

The civil society leaders who attended the meeting are: Former CEC Abu Hena, Daily Samakal Editor Golam Sarwar, The Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam and Barrister Rokonuddin Mahmud.

 

On January 30, the committee also met with 12 eminent personalities in the country.

 

The 12 eminent citizens were – former High Court judge Md Abdur Rashid, Dhaka University Prof Dr AK Azad Chowdhury, Prof Dr SMA Fayez, Serajul Islam Choudhury, Advocate Sultana Kamal, former Chief Election Commissioner ATM Shamsul Huda, former Election Commissioner Sohul Hussain, former Election Commissioner Sakhawat Hussain, Dr. Tofail Ahmed, secretary of Shushasoner Jonno Nagorik Badiul Alam Majumdar, Dhaka University Prof Abul Quasem Fazlul Huq and former inspector general of police Nurul Huda.

 

Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has recently been made the chief of search committee formed for reconstitution of the Election Commission.

 

The other members of the six-member committee are- High Court division Judge Obaidul Hassan, Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of Bangladesh Masud Ahmed, Bangladesh Public Service Commission Chairman Dr Muhammed Sadique, Dhaka University Professor Syed Manzoorul Islam and Chittagong University Pro-Vice Chancellor Shireen Akhter.