“The new cabinet will take their oaths at 7 pm on Thursday,” according to Joynal Abedin, press secretary to the president
Published : 09 Jan 2024, 03:06 PM
Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain confirmed that preparations were underway to hold the oath-taking ceremony at 7 pm on Thursday.
“As you know, the election took place on Jan 7,” he told the media in response to a question on Tuesday.
“The honourable members of parliament will be sworn in following the election. We are preparing accordingly. We are preparing to hold the oath taking ceremony late in the afternoon of Thursday, Jan 11. Traditionally, the swearing-in ceremony is held at the Bangabhaban. We are preparing to hold the oath taking ceremony at 7 pm.”
Asked what sorts of preparations were being made, he said, “The Bangabhaban needs to make some preparations for the oath-taking event, we have some work too. That work is ongoing, which means that we are working on it.”
In response to questions on who would be named as ministers and how many members there would be in the cabinet, he said, “We have not started working on that aspect yet.”
Asked when that work might begin, he said, “It will begin when we say it does.”
The cabinet secretary said that he had not received the order to prepare a list of ministers.
“However, we have received instructions to make arrangements for the ceremony.”
Vehicles were being readied for the event and 13,000-14,000 people may be invited, Hossain said.
The Cabinet Division is responsible for organising the oath-taking ceremony at the Bangabhaban. When asked about the situation, Cabinet Division Secretary (Coordination and Reforms) Mahmudul Hossain Khan said:
“We are ready. We will take action as soon as we have a list. The honourable cabinet secretary will speak personally to those who will become ministers. He will invite them and they will have to come to the Bangabhaban.”
The members of the newly-elected 12th national parliament will take their oaths on Wednesday.
Voting was held in 299 of 300 parliamentary seats on Sunday. The outcome of a parliamentary race in Mymensingh was held up due to the suspension of results at one centre. As a result, the newly-elected parliamentarians from 298 seats will be sworn in at the National Assembly at 10 am.
Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhary, the winner of the Rangpur-6 seat, will be sworn in first. She will then lead the oath-taking ceremony for the other MPs.
Afterwards, President Mohammed Shahabuddin will invite the leader of the largest party to form the government. Afterwards, the government’s cabinets will be sworn in at the Bangabhaban.
Following the 11th national parliamentary polls on Doc 30, 2018, a gazette of the winners was issued within 48 hours. The new MPs took their oaths on Jan 1, 2019. The president then invited the Awami League to form the government on Jan 3. On Jan 7 that year, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the 24 ministers, 19 ministers of state, and three deputy ministers were sworn in by then president Md Abdul Hamid.