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Division, walkout mark opening session

By Staff Correspondent
The fifth Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament), which met on Friday had two lively sittings with all but a few of the members present.
The election of a new speaker and a new deputy speaker took an unusually long time since the Treasury Bench and the Oppositions failed to corfie to a consensus and there was no option but to go for a second sitting.
The session began in a very Jubilant mood. The members, elected in free and fair polls following the mass upsurge of 1990, looked confident about Institutionalising democracy which was destroyed tn the last nine years of autocratic rule.
The Awaml League (AL) MPs were in their traditional pa Jama-'MuJfb coat'. Sheikh Hastna, Leader of the Opposition was wearing a yellowish Saree.
Begum Khaleda Zia, Leader of the House, were an off-white
Jamdani' Saree. Before the quorum bell stopped, members of both the benches exchanged greetings.
The Inaugural sitting began with Shamsul Huda Chowd hury. Speaker of the dissolved parliament, tn the chair. Witty Chowdhury was able to draw attention of MPs by hts re-marks.
The Speaker hardly start the business of the House when four MPs including Sheikh Selim of AL. Nurul Islam Monl. an independent, and Fazle Rabbi of Jatiya Party stood up simultaneously on points of order. The Speaker was quick to rule out their points of order but JP members staged a walkout to protest the detention of three of their leaders — deposed President HM Ershad. former Vice-President Moudud Ahmed and former minister Mahmudul Hasan.
Rafiqul Islam Mia. BNP MP and State Minister for labour and Manpower, proposed the name of Abdur Rahman Biswas for the post of Speaker. Abdul Matin Chowdhury seconded the proposal.
Within moments It became obvious that the opposition also had a name to propose for the post and Tofaei Ahmed of Al, stood up to say something. Speaker Chowdhury adjourned the House at the advice of the leader of the House Begum Khaleda Zia to allow both the sides to come to an understanding.
A patch-up move for long 45 minutes proved futile as the house resumed Its business. Tofaei Ahmed proposed the name of Salahuddln Yousuf for the post of Speaker. Sheikh Hasina. Leader of the Opposition. had earlier sought per mission to propose a name from the opposition bench.
Subsequently, the names of Sheikh Razzak Alt and Asaduz zaman were proposed for the post of deputy speaker from the Treasury Bench and the Opposition respectively. Mean while Dr. Badruddoza Chowdhury. Minister of Education, requested the Speaker to allow some time for a unanimous decision on the election of speaker and deputy speaker
Speaker Shamsul Huda Chowdhury placed before the house the name of Abdur Rah man Biswas as Speaker which Sheikh Hasina protested vehemently saying her party was in favour of a division. The Speaker said division could be kilowed even after taking ■yes'— 'no' vote.
Following this Abdus Samad Azad and Suranjit Sen Oupta of the Opposition Bench made a plea that such an election would create a bad precedent since the Speaker Is supposed to be non-partisan Sheikh Hasina said she stood for division.
When the speaker sought advice of Begum Zia she said unanimous election was possi ble if the Leader of the Oppo sttion was ready to withdraw the names.
BKSAL leader Mohiuddln Ahmed. Tofaei Ahmed Shah Jahan Straj and Rashed Khan Menon delivered emotional speeches calling for the need to create an example of give and take
When the house met again at 1 I -40 am the Speaker allowed division. Abdur Rahman Biswas and Sheikh Razzak Ail were elected with 187 voles in their favour and 97 voles against them.