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Quorum Crisis Costs JS Tk 5.41cr

JS swipes at TIB

Speaker asks it to come up with accurate info

Staff Correspondent
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) came Under fire in the House yesterday for hs report titled 'Parliament Watch 2009' thaf says Tk 5.41 crore got wasted due to quorum crisis in the inaugural session of the ninth parliament.
Taking the floor on a point of order, Chief Whip Abdus Shahid blasted TIB for giving 'false information' on quorum crisis. Treasury bench lawmakers supported his views thumping desks.
Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina was present in the sitting.
"TIB undermined the parliament and the nation as well as by giving false information on quorum crisis and wastage of money,” Shahid said.
Speaker Abdul Hamid thanked the chief whip for raising an important issue, and said TIB should have come up with accurate information.
"They (TIB) should think carefully before disclosing any information. Everybody should be sincere so that nation is not misled for wrong information,” the speaker said.
IfTk 5 crore is wasted in one session, then Tk
25 crore will be wasted in five sessions a year, Hamid said. "But I don't have a budget ofTk 25 crore to meet the expenditure for parliament sessions tn a year."
He however admitted that the House sittings begin seven to 12 minutes behind the scheduled time.
“I attended many roundtable discussions organised by civil society (bodies) that started even 45 minutes late. Compared to them parliament is in a better position," the speaker said.
Hamid asked TIB to find out corruption in the parliament secretariat in the past, and also now.
The chief whip said, "I strongly protest the TIB report that humiliated us before the world."
He questioned TIB's jurisdiction to prepare 'Parliament Watch 2009' which was released on Saturday. He also asked how they (TIB) collected the information since they did not come to the speaker.
Shahid went on, "Without your (speaker) permission, nobody can have any information from the parliament secretariat. We want to know from you how they collected the information."