Speaker Abdul Hamid said on Tuesday that he would not hesitate to resign if parliament wants it rather than compromise the neutrally expected from the chair of the House.
He made the remark reacting to a news report published in Bangla daily, Amar Desh, quoting BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
According the report Mirza Fakhrul Islam stated
that the speaker asked him why the opposition took out processions on the streets.
Hamid said, 'I have no fascination for the post because I did not come to politics for holding posts.'
He said he was ready to resign, if parliament wants.
Hamid said that he was keen to uphold the neutrality of the position of speaker at any cost.
He said a newspaper should not quote himself, and not someone else, for something he says.
He also said that he did not tell Mirza Fakhrul Islam anything regarding the processions BNP took out during its 36-hour hartal.
'The only thing I have is impartiality,' said the speaker angered by the report.
'I would not continue without neutrality,' he said.
Hamid also said that he would continue give his rulings impartially
without caring whether or not they go against the ruling party or the opposition.
He also requested the journalists to refrain from writing false and fabricated news and at least ask him if there was any allegation against him.
No sooner the speaker completed what he had to say, ruling Awami League parliamentary party chief whip Abdus Shahid took the floor and said the House was sorry for the 'fabricated' media report.
Source: New Age
No comments:
Post a Comment