Twelve lawmakers of the Awami League-led alliance were not present in the Parliament when the Fifteenth Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2011 was passed on Thursday.
A total of 292 lawmakers, including an independent member, were present in the House, while the lawmakers of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led opposition alliance remained absent, along with the lone lawmaker of the Liberal Democratic Party.
Sources in the AL parliamentary party said that 11 AL members did not attend the session as most of them were ill and some were abroad, and one Jatiya Party lawmaker, AKM Mayeedul Islam, failed to attend due to illness.
AL lawmakers Akhtaruzzaman Chowdhury Babu, Monirul Islam and Shahiduzzaman Sarkar are in London, the USA and India respectively for medical treatment, while AHM Mostafa Kamal is in Malaysia to attend a conference.
Other AL lawmakers who failed to attend the session due to illness were Abdullah Al Kaiser, Chayan Islam, Matiur Rahman, Syeda Zebunnesa Huq and Meher Afroz Chumki.
Another lawmaker, Abdur Rahman Badi, failed to attend the session as he missed the flight from Cox's Bazar in the morning, while Sheikh Helal Uddin was absent due to urgent personal business, said sources.
AL lawmakers Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun and Tanzim Ahmed Sohel failed to vote as the doors of the Sangsad's lobby were closed before they could enter.
'All of our lawmakers, excepting 11 of Awami League and one of Jatiya Party, were present during the voting,' AL whip ASM Feroz told New Age, adding that the attendance of the ruling party MPs was satisfactory and most of the absentees were ill.
Source : New Age
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