Over 100 Election Commission officials transferred in two weeks

A total of 71 officials have been reassigned in one day

The Election Commission Secretariat has begun reshuffling its central and field-level officials ahead of the 13th national election.

On Sunday, 71 officials were reshuffled in a single day. Only one of them is an assistant secretary, and the rest are Upazila election officers.

A notification said the transferred officials are expected to be relieved of their current duties by Aug 3.

With this, a total of 122 officials have been transferred in two weeks.

Earlier, 51 Upazila election officers were transferred on Jul 15 and relieved of their duties by Jul 23.

After the new commission led by Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin assumed office, a major reshuffle took place at the beginning of the year within the Election Commission Secretariat, with 62 officials reassigned in a single day at both central and field levels.

Among them are Upazila, district and regional election officers, or officers of equivalent rank.