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AL MPs risk membership

ALPP brings matter to Hasina's notice

Staff Correspondent
The political scenario may lurch into uncertainty if the lawmakers of the main opposition Awami League (AL) lose their Jatiya Sangsad membership sticking to the parliament boycott decision well into the next budget session.
AL lawmakers' absence in parliament is likely to be 60 days in the current session and may rise to more than 90 days during the budget session.
The parliamentary party of the AL has already brought the prospect of losing membership to the notice of Sheikh Hasina and sought
her decision on the issue.
According to the constitution, if lawmakers absent themselves 90 consecutive days from parliament without a leave, they lose membership of the Jatiya Sangsad.
If the 60 AL seats fall vacant, byelections in the constituencies must take place in next 90 days. Political analysts say if such a situation arises, the main opposition will take a hard line as part of their anti-government movement and try to resist the polls, sparking a chaotic face-off. Deputy Leader of the Opposition Abdul Hamid told The Daily Star last night that they would take a decision during the next session.
In the last parliament, membership of the then main opposition BNP lawmakers was about to cease, but they attended the House for sometime to keep their memberships intact.
Lawmakers of the AL have boycotted parliament for 49 workdays in a row up to March 4 already and their absence may cross 60 days in the current session that will run until March 30.
The current session was slated to be prorogued on March 4, but the business advisory committee extended the duration to March 30 with more than 10 workdays.
The next budget session is likely to be summoned in the last week of May and the ruling coalition wants to pack more than 30 workdays in it to build pressures on the AL to return to House.
The last two budget sessions of the current Jatiya Sangsad had 24 and 25 workdays.
The current Jatiya Sangsad started its journey on October 28, 2001 amid the absence of the main opposition. The AL joined the parliament on June 24, 2002 after sitting 72 workdays away.
The party revived its boycott on June 25 last year and started antigovernment agitation with the objective of forcing the government from power.
Talking to this correspondent Opposition Chief Whip Abdus Shahid expressed skepticism about the current parliament, hinting at snap polls in the wake of strong anti-government agitation.