BANGLADESH

The search committee, formed to suggest names for election commissioners, will submit its recommendations to president Mohammad Zillur Rahman on Tuesday.

According to the circular given out on Monday, the decision was taken at a meeting of the committee at the Supreme Court Judges' Lounge earlier in the day.

The committee will hand its recommendations to the president at 6:30pm after holding its sixth and final meeting at 5pm at the Judges' Lounge.

The submission will follow a media briefing at the Bangabhaban's Credential Hall where the cabinet secretary will brief journalists, the circular further said.

The president formed the four-strong search committee on Jan 22 to reconstituting the Election Commission.
It winnowed the suitable candidates at its fourth meeting. Headed by the Appellate Division's justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, the other members of the committee are High Court Division justice Md Nuruzzaman, Public Service Commission chairman AT Ahmedul Haque Chowdhury and comptroller and auditor general Ahmed Ataul Hakim.

The committee will propose two names against each vacant post of election commissioners, including the chief of the constitutional body to the president who will have the final say as per constitutional provisions.
It received the names from political parties until last Tuesday. Ruling Awami League, Workers' Party and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal had sent names to the committee. But Jatiya Party, a key component of the ruling alliance, suggested no names.
The BNP-led four-party alliance snubbed the committee, calling it unconstitutional.
The president on Jan 22 formed the search committee, following a series of dialogues with political parties having representation in parliament, to reconstitute the commission.
The tenure of the incumbent commission ends in the middle of this month.