Raucous JS sessions
The speaker of the Bangladesh parliament believes that the leaders of the treasury bench and the opposition should play an effective role in maintaining order in the parliament which plunged into pandemonium last week due to the unruly behaviour of some lawmakers from both the government and the opposition. “If the top leaders are active to this end, I strongly believe that parliament will be more functional and dynamic, and will run smoothly,” he added. During the nearly hour-long interview at his parliament office, Mr Hamid touched upon issues ranging from parliamentary affairs, code of conduct for the lawmakers, political culture, parliamentary debates and so on.
The Speaker slammed the unruly behaviour of certain lawmakers in parliament during the winter session of the house amidst uproar over the former presidents' issues and requested MPs to make an honest introspection about the disturbing trend in the functioning of the house. It is disturbing to note that a thinking is growing among certain sections in the house that the house should be paralysed in order to make a political point.
The Speaker's observations are excellent as he mentioned that both the leaders can play a big role in maintaining order in parliament. It is their responsibility to demonstrate how lawmakers should behave in the House.
The Speaker had earlier come down heavily on the lawmakers for hurling invectives.
In this session, the house also lost many hours due to interruptions and forced adjournments. The house is the symbol of the dreams of over 150 millions people of this country reminding the MPs of the solemn oath they had taken that they would faithfully discharge their duties. This is a tragic development which can emasculate this house and render the democratic process ineffective and irrelevant.
Referring to the chaos in the house over ex presidents' issues, MPs must realize that ours is a democratic society which, we are sure, can find solutions to the most intractable problems. The maturity and sagacity found in the democratic political forces should help them discover rational approaches to solving this problem. We also express our hope that such approaches and attitudes will re-emerge in the coming days and the democratic spirit of inclusiveness will reassert itself in the country.
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