Search Committee finalises names of 12 to 13 individuals

The Search Committee has selected 12 to 13 names for appointing Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and four Election Commissioners (ECs) as part of the formation of the Election Commission (EC).

Ten names will be finalised from those names at a meeting on Tuesday afternoon.

However, the Search Committee will not publish the names.

The names were selected from a list of 20 names at the sixth meeting of the Search Committee held at Supreme Court Judges’ Lounge on Sunday (February 20) afternoon. After finalising 10 names, the list will be handed over to President Md Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban by Thursday (February 24).

Chaired by Search Committee’s head Justice Obaidul Hasan of the Appellate Division, the meeting was attended by Justice SM Kuddus Zaman of the High Court Division, Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Muslim Chowdhury, Public Service Commission (PSC) Chairman Sohrab Hossain, former Election Commissioner Muhammad Sohul Husayn and author Professor Anwara Syed Huq.