Newly-appointed Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin and four Election Commissioners – Md Anwarul Islam Sarker, Abdur Rahmanel Masud, Begum Tahmida Ahmad and Brigadier General (retd) Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah on Sunday (Nov 24) took oath at the Supreme Court in Dhaka. Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed administered the oath of office to the CEC and ECs at the Supreme Court (SC) Judges' Lounge at 1.30 p.m. as SC Registrar General Aziz Ahmed Bhuiyan conducted the function. Judges of the Appellate Division, members of the election commission search committee, officials of the Election Commission and employees of the Supreme Court Registrar General's office, among others, were present, local media reported.
Earlier on Nov 21, President Mohammed Shahabuddin appointed former secretary AMM Nasir Uddin as the new CEC and four others as election commissioners under section 118 (1) of the constitution.
The Cabinet Division issued separate gazette notifications to this end on that day.
The new EC has been constituted on the basis of the recommendation of the six-member search committee.
The interim government, formed after the ouster of the previous Bangladesh Awami League regime in August, has constituted six commissions to bring reforms to the election system and other fields.
