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New EC

AL, 2 other parties give names

Staff Correspondent
The ruling Awami League and two other political parties have each submitted to a search committee the names of five people they would like to see in the new Election Commission.
The search committee was formed to recommend individuals who will constitute the new Election Commission. It was formed after dialogues between President Zillur Rahman and the political parties. The committee had asked each political party to recommend five people for the positions of election commissioner in the EC.
“We have received names from some parties and hope to sort them out in the next three days,” Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) Ahmed Ataul Hakeem, also a member of the search committee, told reporters after a meeting at the office of the Appellate Division judge yesterday evening.
He declined to make any further comments.
The four-member committee had urged the political
parties to recommend the names by January 29 but later extended the time to yesterday.
The Awami League, Workers' Party and Jatiya Party (JP-Manju) have sent names to the committee.
Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam and Workers' Party President Rashed Khan Menon confirmed to The Daily Star that they had sent the names but declined to disclose any name.
Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad did not send the names until yesterday afternoon, as he was in a dilemma regarding whom to choose.
The main opposition BNP which rejected the search committee since its formation, did not send any name. A
few other parties adopted a similarposition.
Manzurul Ahsan Khan, President of Communist Party of Bangladesh, said his party would not recommend names to the search committee. The leaders of Gono Forum and Islami Andolan Bangladesh had similar responses on the issue.
Earlier, the president asked the committee to place its recommendations for constituting the Election Commission within 10 working days from its formation.
The search committee will recommend to the president two names for each position of election commissioner.
The tenure of the current commission expires this month.