<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Aspirants for the Presidential election will have to submit their nomination papers to Election Commission (EC) on Sunday.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"According to the polls schedule, the nomination papers can be submitted to the Chief Election Commission (CEC) office till 4 pm on February 12 (Sunday)," EC Secretariat Secretary Md Jahangir Alam told BSS.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Scrutiny of nomination papers will take place on February 13 from 10 am, while nomination papers could be withdrawn till 4 pm on February 14.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On February 19, the 22nd Presidential election will be held from 2 pm to 5 pm in the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) complex.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The President may hold office for five years from the date of assumption of office.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Incumbent President Abdul Hamid assumed office on April 24, 2018. Accordingly, his five-year tenure will end on April 23, 2023.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to the country's Constitution, members of parliament are voters in the Presidential election.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Awami League has the absolute majority in the current parliament.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In that case, there is no possibility of any party other than the Awami League to give a candidate to the presidential polls.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">If there is one candidate for the presidency, the election will not require a meeting or voting in parliament. BSS</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>