In the evening it will be known who is the 22nd President
The discussion about who is the 22nd President of the country is intense. Some names have already come up. But who will be the next president will be decided in the evening.
Bangladesh Awami League parliamentary party meeting will be held on Tuesday (February 7) evening. The nomination of the party for the post of President will be finalized in this meeting. And as a result of the majority of the parliament, the candidate nominated by Awami League will be the president.
According to sources, party leader and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will preside over the meeting of the Awami League parliamentary party at the meeting room of the government party on level 9 of the Sangsad Bhavan at 7:30 pm on Tuesday.
President Md. Abdul Hamid's second term ends on April 24. He has been the president for two consecutive terms. According to the country's constitution, he is no longer eligible to become president. That's why someone new will be seen in his place.
As per the constitutional obligation, the election of a new president must be completed between 90 and 60 days before the end of the current president's term. Accordingly, the Election Commission has also announced the schedule.
As per the schedule, the presidential election will be held on February 19. Here the voters are the parliamentarians themselves. Interested candidates can submit nomination papers on February 12. Nomination papers can be withdrawn on February 14 after February 13 scrutiny.
As per rules, the President is nominated by political parties and elected by the members of Parliament. Article 48(1) of the Constitution states that there shall be a President of Bangladesh, who shall be elected by the members of Parliament according to law.
A number of policy-making leaders of Awami League have said that there has been no formal discussion about the party's candidature in the presidential election. However, starting from the policy-making stage of the party, the names of several people are being discussed among the leaders and workers at various levels.
Speaker Dr. is among them. Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury, General Secretary of Awami League and Minister of Road Transport and Bridges Obaidul Quader, Minister of Liberation War Affairs AKM Mozammel Haque, Advisor to the Prime Minister on Economic Affairs Dr. Mosiur Rahman, former Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque and former Vice-Chancellor of Dhaka University. A.M.S. Arefin Siddique.
Leaders at the policy-making level of Awami League said that Awami League president and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will take the final decision on who will be the next president. Whoever he deems fit for the future will be the next president. However, Awami League leaders believe that if any crisis arises in the political situation in the future, the person who can take the right position to overcome the crisis with courage, skill and trustworthiness will be made the president.
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