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JS body discusses rules on PM's presence in Jatiya Sangsad

By Staff Correspondent
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Rules of Procedure of the Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament) yesterday debated a proposed amendment to a certain clause In the Rules seeking mandatory presence of the Prime Minister in the House at least once a week during sessions. Committee sources said.
Parliament functions under principles enshrined in the Rules of I’roccdure of Sangsad.
Rashed Khan Menon, MP, of the Workers Party moved the amendment to Clause 41 of the Rules in the sixth session of the present Parliament and wanted that the Prime Minister, also Leader of the House, be present in the Jatiya Sangsad during sessions on every Saturday to answer questions relating to the government policies on different is-
sues.
When the issue came up for discussion at yesterday's meeting of the 12-mcmbcr committee headed by the Speaker Shaikh Razzaque AH, the members belonging to the Treasury Bench opposed the amendment proposal while Opposition members argued in favour of incorporating It into the Rules, sources said.
The Opposition members maintained that presence of the head of the government in the House on a regular basts to explain government policies on different Issues to Parliament members was the only way to make the parliamentary form of government effective.
The Opposition members in the committee also argued that in the parliamentary form of governance, the accountability of the government to the people could only be ensured by means of making the head of the government directly accountable to the elected representatives of the people in the House, sources said.
The Treasury Bench members in the committee, on the other hand, argued that the Prime Minister could be represented In the House by any of her/his cabinet colleagues with power delegated in him or her be the Prime Minister.
Without contesting the need of the accountability of the head of the government to Parliament, the Treasury Bench members satd that mandatory presence of the Prime Minister in the House would definitely hamper smooth functioning of the government. sources said.
The Treasury Bench members also said that they should rather try to create a convention. by gradual practice, that the Prime Minister attend the sessions on a regular basis.
The Committee members failed to decide on the Issue yesterday. They, however, agreed to discuss it later on.
Presided over by Speaker Shaikh Razzak All. the meeting was attended by Rahanuit All of the Awami League, Suranjit Sengupta of the Gonotantry Party, Advocate Fazlc Rabbi of the Jatiya Party and Barrister Salam Talukder, Khandaker Delwer Hossain and Humayun Khan Pannl of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party, (BNP). .
The rest of the members of the committee arc Prof. Dadruddoza Chowhary, Barrister Nazmul Huda and Amlnul Hoque of the BNP and Shudhangau Shekhar Halder of the Awami league and Lullfur Rahman of the Jamaat