<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Chief Election Commissioner&nbsp; Kazi Habibul Awal termed the ongoing controversy over President-elect Md Sahabuddin unexpected.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He made the remarks at a press conference on Wednesday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Md. Shahabuddin is qualified to be president as per our constitution, laws, and court rulings. Controversy like this about the president is unexpected,” he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In his long career he served as a district judge, a commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission, and a member of the AL Advisory Council.&nbsp; He is also a valiant freedom fighter.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Read more: Md Shahabuddin declared President-elect of Bangladesh</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The controversy surrounding Shahabuddin is whether the post of the country’s head of state is an office of profit. Constitutional experts are divided on this subject.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On Monday the Election Commission declared Shahabuddin, a nominee of ruling Awami League, elected as the country’s 22nd president unopposed. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/ kh</div>