The search committee will recommend only honest, qualified, skilled and impartial people for the formation of the Election Commission, Cabinet Secretary Dr. Sheikh Abdur Rashid said.
The Cabinet Secretary briefed reporters before attending the first meeting of the search committee at the Supreme Court on Sunday (November 3) afternoon.
The search committee will decide its working method for the formation of the Election Commission in today's meeting. He also said that the recommendation of the name proposal will be sent to the President within 15 working days of the formation of the committee as per the law.
Earlier, on October 29, a search committee was formed to reconstitute the Election Commission. Chief Justice Dr. Syed Refat Ahmed nominated the name of Senior Justice Zubair Rahman Chowdhury of the Appellate Division as the head of the search committee. In addition, Senior Justice AKM Asaduzzaman was also nominated as a member of the committee.
The posts of Election Commissioners fell vacant on September 5 when Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal and four election commissioners resigned, a month after the fall of Sheikh Hasina's government.