Govt forms Election Commission with AMM Nasir Uddin as CEC

C T Online Desk: Along with Nasir, four more election commissioners have also been appointed for the next five years.

The interim government has formed a new Election Commission with former secretary AMM Nasir Uddin as the chief election commissioner (CEC).

Alongside Nasir, a retired secretary of the Ministry of Health and Family Planning, four more election commissioners have been appointed for a five-year term, according to a notification issued by the Cabinet Division on Thursday.

The four commissioners are– former Additional Secretary Md Anwarul Islam Sarker, former District and Sessions Judge Abdur Rahman Masud, former Joint Secretary Begum Tahmida Ahmed and Brigadier General (retd) Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah.

President Mohammed Shahabuddin has appointed them following section 118 (1) of the Constitution.