President Abdul Hamid will start dialogues with registered political parties on the reconstitution of the Election Commission (EC) from December 18.
“The honorable President will start dialogue on the reconstitution of new EC from December 18. The first meeting will be held with BNP at 4.30 pm on the day,” President’s press secretary Joynal Abedin said.
The President will hold meeting with Jatiya Party on December 20, Liberal Democratic Party and Krishak Sramik Janata League on December 21 and Jatiya Samajtantric Dal (JASOD-Inu) on December 22, he added.
In 2012, the then President Zillur Rahman appointed the present CEC Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad to lead the five-member EC through a search committee after holding meetings with political parties.
The tenure of the current EC expires in February. The new EC will conduct the next general election scheduled to be held in 2019.
Source: BSS