EC issues notification declaring Shahabuddin as president

The Election Commission (EC) on Monday issued a notification announcing Awami League (AL) nominee Md Shahabuddin as the president of Bangladesh.

According to Presidential Election Act (Act No 27 of 1991) and announcement of election commissioner, Md Shahabuddin has been elected as the President of Bangladesh, said the notification signed by EC Secretary Md Jahangir Alam.

Earlier, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal made the declaration at the Election Commission Office this afternoon after scrutinising the nomination paper submitted on Sunday.

“As per the election schedule, two nomination papers were submitted for Shahabuddin on Sunday and one of those was accepted as valid after scrutiny. We will send it today for gazette notification,” he told journalists at the EC office.

The ruling party’s nominee was declared the next president of the country as no other political party with representation in parliament proposed any name for the presidential election.

President Abdul Hamid is set to complete his tenure on April 23 this year.

According to the constitution, a new president has to be elected within 90 to 60 days prior to the end of the incumbent president’s tenure.