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Strip Sircar of his MP status

All-party probe body also suggests legal actions against Akhtar, Delwar for graft

SHAKHAWAT LlTON and RASHIDUL HASAN
The all -party parliamentary probe body yesterday finalised its report, which recommends scrapping the House membership of former speaker Jamiruddin Sircar on graft charges.
The other recommendations in the report include taking legal actions against former deputy speaker Akhtar Hamid Siddiqui and former chief whip Khandaker Delwar Hossain on similar charges.
“Parliament should enact new laws if necessary to implement the recommendations,” Fazle Rabbi Mia, chief of the probe body, told reporters after the final meeting of the committee at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.
By means of its inherent power, the legislature can punish anyone for offences related to moral turpitude, provided there is no law in this regard, he noted.
The committee examined die constitutional provisions of India and Canada and parliamentary practices and procedures in the UK before settlingon the recommendations.
Mujib-ul Haque Chunnu, a member of the committee, told The Dally Star, "If parliament wants, we believe it's possible to scrap the former speaker's membership, as what he did duringhis tenure was immoral."
By the same token, he added, legal actions
can be taken against Akhtar and Delwar.
Rabbi said the committee has documentary evidence of financial irregularities and misuse ofpower by these three BNP leaders.
Sircar drew Tk 27.86 lakh, Delwar Tk 6 lakh and Akhtar Tk 1.21 lakh as medical allowance breaching the rules.
The former speaker took Tk 60 lakh, his then deputy Tk 36 laih and the ex-chief whip Tk 40 lakh as fuel allowance in addition to what they were entitled to receive.
The probe body recommends that parliament take measures to recover the money the three took as medical bill and fuel allowance beyond entitlement.
The trio failed to win the December 29 parliamentary election. Sircar however managed to return to parliament in April 2 by-election.
The all-party committee had its report based on the findings and recommendations of three sub-committees it formed to carry out the probe.
Earlier on Thursday, it decided to unveil the report in parliament on July 7.
But the committee chief yesterday said they had informed the speaker that their report is final, and now he [speaker) would fix the submissiondate.
Rabbi observed, “The report will represent a milestone in the parliamentary history of our country and the sub-continent. In future, no-one will dare to indulge in corruption by abusing the high office of the speaker."
The committee also recommends getting back the money spent on salaries of 42 employees for eight months.
It asks parliament to recover the money from Sircar as "he was the one responsible for the waste by appointing those staff when the eighth parliament had already ceased to exist".
The probe body summoned the BNP leaders to appear before it to defend themselves against the charges.
The three refuted all allegations and opted not to show up.