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| President invites Sheikh Hasina to take oath as PM |
| 2009-01-06 |
| The country's transition to democracy from undemocratic Emergency Rule is set to be completed as President Professor Dr Iajuddin Ahmed Monday invited Leader of Parliament and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina for taking oath as the Prime Minister of the county at Bangabhaban today (Tuesday). "The President congratulated Awami League Chief Sheikh Hasina over telephone at about 12:30 pm for being elected as the Leader of Parliament. The President also invited her to take oath as the prime minister at Bangabahaban tomorrow (Tuesday)," Secretary of President's Office M Sirajul Islam told a news agency on Monday. Cabinet members of the victorious AL-led grand combine which achieved majority of the seats in the ninth parliamentary election will take oath at the Darbar Hall of Bangabhaban at 6:30pm. The selection of the forthcoming Cabinet is at the final stage but the names of the members, however, could not be known immediately. Outgoing President Prof Iajuddin Ahmed will administer oath to Sheikh Hasina and other cabinet members in a formal occasion ushering in the exist of an elected government after two years of rule of the Army-backed Caretaker Government. Earlier, the newly elected members of parliament (MPs) of the AL-led grand alliance, which bagged 262 seats of the 300-seat parliament, took oath at Sangsad Bhaban on Saturday. |
| Posted by:Steve White |