At the beginning of the tenth session amid boycott of the BNP-led opposition lawmakers, Speaker Abdul Hamid yesterday urged all lawmakers to make the parliament effective to meet people's expectations.
"Parliament is the centre for practising democracy. The base of democracy will be consolidated if the parliament is made effective which will in turn expedite the country's development," he said in his inaugural speech to the session.
He said the parliament belongs to the people and lawmakers represent them in the House. Only qualitative change in politics creates an atmosphere for good governance, he said.
"The precondition of good governance is to reach a consensus through discussion in parliament," he added.
The opposition lawmakers belonging to BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami and Jatiya Party are boycotting the House since the last budget session, which began in May this year.
Earlier, the Business Advisory Committee decided at a meeting that the tenth session, supposed to be convened by September 6, will continue till August 25 with only four sittings. This session was convened only to avert convening it immediately after Eid-ul-Fitr.
The last session was prorogued on July 7. The constitution allows a 60-day gap between the end of one session and the first sitting of the following session.
The House earlier took an obituary motion, condoling the deaths of some former lawmakers and eminent individuals including filmmaker Tareque Masud and ATN News CEO Ashfaque Munier Mishuk, killed in a road accident on August 13.
Source : The Daily Star
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