Parliamentary issues
After nearly two years the caretaker government on 6 January 2009 handed over power to the grand alliance. From the beginning it was apparent that the government & the opposition were at loggerheads over several issues like election of the deputy speaker from the opposition, seat arrangements in the House, slide in law & order & lately the withdrawal of the Special Security Forces (SSF) escort for the Leader of the Opposition.
The Speaker is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the Secretary is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) & the Sergeant-at-Arms is the Chief Security Officer (CSO) in the precincts of the Jatiya Sangsad. Each aforesaid public & government official of the Republic has specific jobs in parliament. The seat arrangements must be undertaken by the Secretary of the Parliament Secretariat on the basis of the universal seat arrangements for the Treasury & the Opposition bench members including the alliances.
The parliamentary democracy remains functional when the Leader of the House & the Leader of the Opposition are being treated fairly and at par. Out of parliamentary sessions & committee meetings the Leader of the Opposition attends the state functions and also joins in the policy making process of the government with the rank & status as set in the Order of Precedence by the Cabinet Division of the Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh.
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