We are committed to hold free, fair polls: CEC

The newly-appointed Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin

"I want to maintain the dignity of my oath. I will uphold my oath. 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 newsmen at the Supreme Court (SC) after taking oath.

Earlier, Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed administered the oath of office to 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 will need assistance from all the concerned authorities for holding an acceptable election. 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.

The chief election commissioner hoped that they would get the political parties with them in their endeavor as they were demanding their voting rights for long.

"The young generation is ready to vote and we have to include their names in the voter list.

I have faced many challenges in my professional life, and would face any challenge in the EC with the assistance from all the concerned people," he added.