Editorial
Obnoxious remarks
Sanctity of the House marred
WE are dumbfounded by the extremely derogatory remarks used by a Treasury Bench lawmaker against the opposition leader in parliament. AL MP Nazma Akhter during the budget discussions on Monday hurled slanders against Khaleda Zia questioning her and her family's religious origin. This is utterly in bad taste.
It is a female lawmaker who has smeared the image of her own kind, who are looked upon as a symbol of sanctity in our tradition-based society.
This is the height of unparliamentariness, which is thoroughly reprehensible.
Earlier, in this column we critiqued as well as expressed our disappointment over similar instances of scandalous abuse of parliamentary prerogatives by lawmakers from either Bench in the JS.
But repetition of such foul-mouthed outbursts on the floor of the House shows that some of our elected public representatives have little concern for public sensitivities.
The lawmaker in question was not only being uncivil, she was also speaking out of context. She was engaged in character assassination of the leader of the opposition when she was expected to confine herself to budget discussion. By such an act, she not only wasted precious time of parliament, but also brought down the image of public representatives.
Such use of abusive language on the Jatiya Sangsad floor must stop in order to restore its sanctity and turn it into a distinguished institution of the people in the true sense of the term.
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