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Geeta Pasi talks future of democracy with Sircar

Staff Correspondent
US Charge' d'Affaires Geeta Pasi and Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad banister Jamiruddin Sircar yesterday discussed different issues including restoration of democracy, proposed dialogue between the government and the political parties ami the holding of general elections.
The US envoy and the speaker also talked about effective function of the parliament after the general elections and the renovation of Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.
"We have discussed about the importance of restoration of democracy, importance of dialogue with the political parties who
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have roles and important responsibilities," Geeta Pasi told reporters after the hour- and-a-half-long meeting with the speaker at his Bailey Road home.
"We also discussed the role of parliament in Bangladesh's democracy," the US envoy added.
About the renovation of the par-। lament building, Geeta Pasi said. "When I visited the parliament the speaker had asked for our assistance to preserve architectural records and diagrams of the building so that it could potentially be updated and renovated.”
The US Charge d Affaires said the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban is quite an old building now and they are able to assist the government of Bangladesh in renovating the parliament building
The speaker told reporters that the US wants to see Bangladesh parliament running effectively. "We have discussed how to run parliament effectively and functioning of the parliamentary committees in liine with American system in the
Senate and the Congress."
He said the US would help in this regard.
Replying to a question, the speaker said. "Like myself, she [Geeta Pasi) also believes that elections would be held by December this year." He said the US envoy does not have any doubt about die restoration of democracy.
NAM FLAT ALLOCATIONS
Ihe speaker said. "We have sent a letter to the government asking it to consider the decision to cancel allocations of Nam Bhaban flats to lawmakers of the eighth parliament"
He said "parliament would not do anything that goes against the execu -me department of me government" and hoped the government would do (he same in return They would decide on the matter together, he added.
A number of former Awami league, BNP and Jatiya Party law-makers of the eighth parliament on March 23 vowed to resist the govern -Went move to vacate the Nam bhaban flats allocated to them