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AL boycotts Js session over appointment of jail killing accused

STAFF CORRESPONDENT
The Awami League (AL) walked out of parliament yesterday, the first day of the 7th session, and decided to boycott the whole session in protest at the appointment of an accused in the Jail Killing Case to the foreign ministry.
Its boycott decision was bolstered when the Chair did not allow the AL lawmakers to speak on the issue.
"We will not return to parliament until the issue is settled," Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina told a post-walkout briefing last night.
At around 9:00pm, Hasina led her deputies to stage the walkout as the Chair switched her microphone off.
She stood up to protest the switching off of the microphone of AL lawmaker Mohammad Nasim who tried to draw the speaker's attention to the appointment of Major (rtd) Khairuzzaman, an
accused in the killing of four national leaders on November 3, 1975.
Later, Hasina told reporters, "We have to think twice before deciding to attend the coming budget session."
As soon as the notices were disposed of in the House, Nasim wanted to speak on a point of order as the Chair earlier nullified an adjournment motion on appointment of Khairuzzaman, now on bail.
The government re-appointed him as a director general to the foreign ministry on May 3 following a judgement by an administrative tribunal.
But Deputy Speaker Akther Hamid Siddiqui, who was presiding over the session, switched off Nasim's microphone. This promoted Hasina to scramble for the floor.
Within a minute, her micro- phone was also switched off.
"We cannot sit with the patrons of killers, rapists and criminals. We must know how a virtually dead person can get back his job," Hasina told newsmen after the walkout.
"What's the use attending parliament if we cannot speak on public issues and violation of the constitution?" she wondered.
Foreign Minister Morshed Khan told the House that Khairuzzaman got back his job following a verdict by a tribunal and the government had nothing to do with it.
Earlier, when the House met with Speaker Jamiruddin Sircar in the chair, the parliament witnessed chaos as an opposition lawmakers demanded inclusion of the killing of innocent Iraqi people during the
recent war in the obituary reference.
The treasury benchers including some from the front row shouted when Shajahan Khan of the AL repeatedly tried to draw the attention of the Chair to incorporate the Iraq issue. He was ignored.
Earlier, a meeting of the Jatiya Sangsad's Business Advisory Committee (BAC) took a decision to complete the current session in four working days. There will be no sittings of the House today and tomorrow, and the session will end Tuesday next.
Representatives of both the ruling alliance and the opposition including the prime minister, finance minister and chief whips attended the meeting chaired by Sircar.