Joining parliament
If I remember rightly, BNP is not joining the parliament because it wants more seats in the front bench and more time to talk in the house. I feel that the best way to sort it out is to go by it mathematically, based on the number of seats won (not nominated women's seat). The calculation could be as follows, based on a hypothetical election result. Suppose in the 300-seat house, AL wins 210 seats, BNP wins 65, Workers' Party 10 and Jamaat 5, and the balance by independents. Also suppose that there are 20 front row seats to be distributed. Then the allocation of the seats could be as below: AL: 210/300X20 i.e. 14 seats. BNP: 65/300X20 i.e. 4.33 or 4 seats (.33 being ignored and .5 and above rounded to 1) Workers Party could get 1 (10/300X20 i.e. .66=1) Similarly the time for speaking can be allotted in the same way for each session. Should a party not want to speak, it can offer the time to a member of another party, at its choice. This will be calculated from the day's available time. Should a party exceed the time limit, it will be deducted from the next day or the next session. With this rule being applied, there should be no 'Natok' for not going to the Sangsad. Further, if any MP misses more than 30 percent of the sittings for no reason other than being on state duty, or medically sick or genuine reasons accepted by the Sangsad Administration Committee, he or she will lose the seat, which will go to the next person who got the next higher vote, in the last election.
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