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Hamid will be declared President: CEC
The Chief Election Commissioner has said they will formally declare the lone candidate Abdul Hamid as the President after screening nomination papers.
Published : 21 April 2013, 09:31 AM
Updated : 21 April 2013, 10:03 AM
”I distributed four nomination papers (for the Presidential polls). Among those, three have been submitted in one person’s name,” Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad told reporters after deadline for the submission ended at 4pm on Sunday.
The CEC said Hamid would be declared President as per Section 7 of the Presidential Election Act 1991.
According to the election schedule, Wednesday is the last day for withdrawal of the nomination and the voting is slated for Apr 29. No voting will take place as there is no other contender for the post.
A meeting of the ruling Awami League’s Parliamentary Party chose Hamid as its presidential nominee earlier on Sunday. Later, four party leaders headed by ASM Feroz collected those nominations.
Senior Awami League leader Tofail Ahmed submitted the nomination papers to the commission after Acting President Hamid signed it.
Bangladesh's 19th President Md Zillur Rahman passed away at a Singapore hospital on Mar 20. Speaker Hamid has been discharging the duties as the Acting President.
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