Law Minister Anisul Huq introduced the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioner Appointment Bill 2022 in parliament on Jan 23. The law stipulates that the law minister can now table the bill at any time in the parliament for approval. The search committee used to form the outgoing and the last commission will be legalised through the proposed new law. The bill also includes a provision on keeping the search committee option open to form the commission in future. The tenure of the current Election Commission, led by CEC KM Nurul Huda, will expire on Feb 14.

Source: bd News24 January 26, 2022 08:55 UTC