Holding free, fair polls our commitment: CEC

The newly-appointed Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin has said that the new Election Commission (EC) is committed to hold free and fair elections and it is confident in this regard.

"I am seeing this as a big opportunity in my life, an opportunity to do something for the nation. People of the country are deprived of their voting rights. They have raised movements for the voting rights, struggled a lot, shed their blood," he said while talking to reporters at the Supreme Court (SC) after taking oath on Sunday (November 24).

Earlier, Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed administered the oath of the CEC and four ECs at the Supreme Court (SC) Judges' Lounge at 1.30pm while SC Registrar General Aziz Ahmed Bhuiyan conducted the function.

The four Election Commissioners (ECs) who took oath today are-- Md Anwarul Islam Sarker, Abdur Rahmanel Masud, Begum Tahmida Ahmad and Brigadier General (retd) Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah.

"We are committed to hold an acceptable election. We would need some reform in the existing system to hold the election. Government has formed election commission reform commission and they have been asked to submit their recommendations by December. We would accept whatever is necessary from those recommendations," CEC AMM Nasir Uddin added.