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Opposition may join JS winter session

Star Report
The opposition parties which jointly boycotted most of Ihc sittings of the autumn session of Parliament arc now separately considering for Joining the winter one scheduled for January 3, next year.
The Awaml League (AL), largest opposition party in Parliament, the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB), the Ganatantri Party (GP). the National Awami Party (NAP), the Jatlya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) boycotted the session protesting government indff ference to the implementation of the four-point accord signed
the ruling party's move to pass the controversial’ Anti-terror-
ism Act.
The four-point accord include* trial of the Jamaat chief Golam Azam as a war criminal and withdrawal of charges against 24 people Involved with Ihc Gano Adalat.
The Jatlya Party (JP). the second largest opposition party in Parliament, boycotted the session to registrar Its protest against the Treasury bench attempt to pass the controversial law and the government s undemocratic attitude to the JP activists'.
The National Democratic Party (NDP) and the l*|anii
the leadership of the AL taler
joined the proceedings. IOJ. however, again walked out of the House with the Jamaal to protest against the passage of the Anti-terrorism Law.
Of the boycotting parties, the CPB went back to the House afterwards saying "staging walk-out was the valid form of reglstraring protest against the misdeeds of the Treasury bench but continuous boycott of sessions virtually weaken the practice of parliamentary democracy."
The Workers Party was absent from the House as its sole MP Rashcd Khan Menon was wounded before Parliament went into session.
Although the boycotting parties are now considering joining the next session separately. they would soon meet together to review their stance. '
A senior leader of the AL requesting anonymity told the Daily Star, that the opposition should officially accuse the government of its failure to improve law and order, Inability to restore communal harmony following the demolition of the Babri Mosque in India, mishandling of the Rohingya problem, indifference to the indemnity issue. Reglstraring an official protest would require the All’s presence in the parliament session scheduled for January 3, the AL leader added.
Another AL leader, who is close to the AL high command told the Star last night that ’even if the AL decides to join the winter session it would definitely boycott the opening session as President Abdur Rahman Biswas is scheduled to address the House.’ Biswas was one pf the infamous people who actively opposed the country's War of Independence in 1971'. the AL leader stressed.
The AL leader, however, said that the decision about joining the next session of Parliament would • be finally taken at the Parliamentary Party meeting of the AL scheduled to be held on January 2.
One can not rule out the AL's continuing the boycott of parliament sessions,' an Influential presidium member of the party told the Daily Star.
The JP Joint Secretary General Monirul Hoque Chowdhury, while talking to this correspondent Wednesday said that since his party boycotted the last session jointly with others, the decision of joining the coming session should be taken Jointly. The JP will however decide Its won course, tn the first place, at Its parliamentary party meeting immediately before Parliament goes into session , he said.
Shamsuddoha. leader of the parliamentary group of the CPB. said last night that his party had no reservation so far
io attend tlx- next session of parliament. ' We shall, how-cxs-r, not be lagging behind tn criticising the ruling party for its (allure In different areas’, the CPB leader added.
Source* In the NAP said that It would also Joint the winter session. Suranjft Sengupta of the GP also believed that the ruling party should be confronted In Parliament for Its growing autocratic attitude towards the opposition and its failure to resolve problems affecting the citizens of the country'. He. however, was of the opinion that the decision regarding the Joining the session should be taken unitedly barring the JamaaL
Shahjahan Slraj of the JSD would take dccisloh identical to that of the the Awaml League and Its allies in Parliament, a source also the JSD leader told the Star last night.
Meanwhile, the ruling party leaders maintain that the government had no reservation to implement the four-point accord signed with the AL led opposition. Tn that case the opposition must effectively share the ruling party's efforts to give parliamentary democracy a strong footing', the Minister for Public Works Barrister Rafiqul Islam said last night. The concept of parliamentary democracy does not permit the opposition to boycott parliament session, the minister argued.