News Desk :
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs has finalised the much-talked-about bill “Appointment of Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners”, proposing two changes in the required eligibility of the commissioners.
The initial bill said people having at least 20 years of work experience in important government, semi-government, private, or judicial posts would be considered eligible for the posts of chief election commissioner and election commissioners. “Now, we have included the people who worked in autonomous organisations and from other professions,” said Md Shahiduzzaman Sarkar, president of the standing committee, after their meeting on the bill on Monday.
Besides, the initial edition proposed that those who had been convicted of a criminal offence involving moral turpitude and sentenced to at least two-years imprisonment would not be eligible for the posts of chief election commissioner and election commissioners.
