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Allowance for attending Sangsad Boycotters pocket it, see no wrong (September 19, 2010) Without attending parliament , the lawmakers should not draw the allowances. It is definitely immoral, unethical and even they are not unaware that it is so. But unfortunately, when a political party is in power, only then they are critical of their opponents. They forget what they did when they were in opposition.
Dr. Asaduzzaman Ripon If you do not work, you do not get paid. This is the general principle all over the world. This should be applied in this case also.
Anonymous in USA Is drawing allowance tagged to the attendance of the parliament sessions? If not then this is a minor issue. Let's look at the whole moral fabric of the nation from a bigger perspective. The MPs, irrespective of party affiliation, passed several resolutions for their own benefit including highly immoral tax-free income and the benefit of importing duty free vehicles. The executive branch of the nation simply does not care.
Jumana Sarwar It should not surprise anyone. Those things actually reflect the lack of honesty and integrity. We are in the process of amending our constitution, and the government is making this a big issue. I just hope that they also change the law and make it compulsory for members of parliament to attend its sessions in order to receive any allowance or any kind of privileges.
Nawaz Our MPs pocket the taxpayers' money. They never thought that in any case they are liable to anyone. It will take years to make the JS workable as long as this kind of mentality exists in our politics.
Gias The BNP did no wrong as the AL also didn't when they boycotted parliament. They only want our votes and our money in the form of various taxes. And we as a nation never think why, how and what we should be ashamed of.
S. Ali Your question to Mr Suranjit should have been 'Forget the party, would you yourself do the same when you are in opposition?' the answer would be interesting. We, the Bangladeshis, are unlucky to have such MPs.
J Ahmed This is our money paid through taxes. Our lawmakers don't have to pay income tax. We earn the money with our hard labour & pay income tax from this hard earned money. And now we are watching that our MPs are also taking our tax money without attending parliament, doing no work for us & just playing with us & our money. This culture should be stopped.
Faruk The practice is going on for the last 20 years. But nobody detected the reason behind it is. I think the reason is their unlimited power. So the power of lawmakers should be reduced, then the practice will change.
A citizen The MPs were elected to serve peoples' cause. Attending parliament is one of those. Not to attend parliament on flimsy grounds is a serious violation of ethics. Parliament should initiate proceedings against the violators.
S. Rahman This boycott culture was started by the Bangladesh Awami League during 1991-1996 parliament.
Eddo Brandis. Such a culture needs to be avoided. It is corruption.
S.R. Bhuiyan Politics is pursued for self-glorification and as a source of personal income and not for redressing people's woes- that's the general perception among the ordinary people. The culture of abstaining from JS proceedings and yet drawing monetary and non-monetary benefits has indeed become a norm. By their action, we the voters remain unrepresented in parliament, and our voice remains unregistered and unheard of for prolonged periods. The rules relating to conduct of parliamentary business ought to be reviewed as such. We certainly want to see a vibrant parliament participated by all
Reaz Hassan The MPs should refrain from taking undue advantage.
Nasirullah Mridha
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Allowance for attending Sangsad Boycotters pocket it, see no wrong (September 19, 2010) Without attending parliament , the lawmakers should not draw the allowances. It is definitely immoral, unethical and even they are not unaware that it is so. But unfortunately, when a political party is in power, only then they are critical of their opponents. They forget what they did when they were in opposition.
Dr. Asaduzzaman Ripon If you do not work, you do not get paid. This is the general principle all over the world. This should be applied in this case also.
Anonymous in USA Is drawing allowance tagged to the attendance of the parliament sessions? If not then this is a minor issue. Let's look at the whole moral fabric of the nation from a bigger perspective. The MPs, irrespective of party affiliation, passed several resolutions for their own benefit including highly immoral tax-free income and the benefit of importing duty free vehicles. The executive branch of the nation simply does not care.
Jumana Sarwar It should not surprise anyone. Those things actually reflect the lack of honesty and integrity. We are in the process of amending our constitution, and the government is making this a big issue. I just hope that they also change the law and make it compulsory for members of parliament to attend its sessions in order to receive any allowance or any kind of privileges.
Nawaz Our MPs pocket the taxpayers' money. They never thought that in any case they are liable to anyone. It will take years to make the JS workable as long as this kind of mentality exists in our politics.
Gias The BNP did no wrong as the AL also didn't when they boycotted parliament. They only want our votes and our money in the form of various taxes. And we as a nation never think why, how and what we should be ashamed of.
S. Ali Your question to Mr Suranjit should have been 'Forget the party, would you yourself do the same when you are in opposition?' the answer would be interesting. We, the Bangladeshis, are unlucky to have such MPs.
J Ahmed This is our money paid through taxes. Our lawmakers don't have to pay income tax. We earn the money with our hard labour & pay income tax from this hard earned money. And now we are watching that our MPs are also taking our tax money without attending parliament, doing no work for us & just playing with us & our money. This culture should be stopped.
Faruk The practice is going on for the last 20 years. But nobody detected the reason behind it is. I think the reason is their unlimited power. So the power of lawmakers should be reduced, then the practice will change.
A citizen The MPs were elected to serve peoples' cause. Attending parliament is one of those. Not to attend parliament on flimsy grounds is a serious violation of ethics. Parliament should initiate proceedings against the violators.
S. Rahman This boycott culture was started by the Bangladesh Awami League during 1991-1996 parliament.
Eddo Brandis. Such a culture needs to be avoided. It is corruption.
S.R. Bhuiyan Politics is pursued for self-glorification and as a source of personal income and not for redressing people's woes- that's the general perception among the ordinary people. The culture of abstaining from JS proceedings and yet drawing monetary and non-monetary benefits has indeed become a norm. By their action, we the voters remain unrepresented in parliament, and our voice remains unregistered and unheard of for prolonged periods. The rules relating to conduct of parliamentary business ought to be reviewed as such. We certainly want to see a vibrant parliament participated by all
Reaz Hassan The MPs should refrain from taking undue advantage.
Nasirullah Mridha
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