Describing not being able to achieve cent percent success as a failure, outgoing Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda said that there have been some mistakes during their term.
“There have been a lot of deaths during the polls, which could not be controlled,” he said while addressing a media call on Monday, the last day in office of the incumbent commission.
“We have performed our duties neutrally. We operated in line with the law,” said Huda.
After criticisms outside and conflict within for five years, the Huda-led commission’s tenure ends on Monday.
In line with the new law to institute the commission, the president has appointed a search panel to recommend suitable candidates.
The six-member panel has already received names from political parties and held meetings with eminent citizens in three phases.
Over 300 names have been received from political parties, professional bodies and individuals, who sent their recommendations through post and email.
The search committee said on Sunday it will release a list of all names proposed for the posts of chief election commissioner and commissioners.
“No matter how many names are proposed, 400, or even 500, all the names will be published on the website,” Justice Obaidul Hassan, the head of the committee, said at the start of the panel’s third meeting with experts on the nominees for the posts.
Experts at the two previous meetings with the search panel had urged them to publish all proposed names.
The search committee will propose ten names for the roles of chief election commissioner and the other election commissioners, who will pick from the list to form the new Election Commission.
According to the new law passed by parliament on Election Commission formation, the search panel has a maximum of 15 days.
