President Hamid greets successor Shahabuddin

President Abdul Hamid today congratulated Mohammed Shahabuddin on being elected the country's 22nd head of state as his successor

Hamid greeted the newly elected president over the phone and wished him success, President's Press Secretary Joynal Abedin told UNB.

Earlier on the day, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal declared Shahabuddin, Awami League Advisory Council member and the party's nominee, the president-elect of Bangladesh unopposed.

The CEC made the announcement at the Election Commission Office at noon after scrutinising Shahabuddin's nomination paper submitted yesterday.

As per the election schedule, two nomination papers were submitted for Shahabuddin yesterday and one of those was accepted as valid after scrutiny today. There was no need to accept the other nomination paper.

A gazette was issued in the afternoon in this regard.

The ruling party's nominee was declared the next president of the country as no other political party with representation in parliament proposed any name for the presidential election.

President Hamid is set to complete his tenure on April 23 this year.

According to the constitution, a new president has to be elected within 60 to 90 days before the end of the incumbent president's tenure.