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JS bodies require summon-all power

Law on cards, say MPs

Staff Correspondent
Laws will be formulated to empower the parliamentary standing committees to summon anyone to be witnesses and produce documents, said members of a parliamentary body concerned at a workshop yesterday.
Violation of the Constitution will be treated as treason under the law, they told newspersons after the daylong workshop on "Strengthening Committees -- Strengthening Parliament' organised by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) at a city hotel
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The parliamentary standing committee on law, justice and parliamentary affairs ministry would pursue for a draft law to strengthen the parliamentary bodies, said committee chairman Suranjit Sengupta.
The committee at its next meeting will propose to form of a sub-committee for a draft law, as it is enshrined in the article 76/3 of the Constitution, he said. As per the article 76/1 (A), all the draft laws should be sent to the standing committee.
"We will make use of the experience of Capitol Hill, Westminster parliament and the European Parliament on how the committee system functions effectively.
"The proposed law will have provisions to summon and compel anybody to enforce the attendance of witness and production of documents," said Suranjit.
The Constitution is the highest fundamental law of the republic and its violation is tantamount to sedition, he added.
He went on to say the committee would propose for provisions to treat violation of the constitution as treason and bring the violators to book.
BNP lawmaker Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury at the workshop said they have had a consensus among them on the matter.
"Punishment for violation
of the Constitution has to be mentioned specifically so that it does not occur in future." he said, adding the violation has taken place at will again and again.
Replying to a question, Chowdhury said BNP would back any initiative to make the immediate past caretaker government answerable.
Eight of the 10-member parliamentary body includ-ing BNP lawmaker Salahuddin Quader and Jatiya Party lawmaker Ziaul Haque Mridha took part in the workshop.
Michael Meadowcroft, a former British lawntaker and internationally reputed expert on the multi-party parliamentary democracy, facilitated theworkshop.
Niall Johnson, another internationally renowned parliament expert, also took part, while Jacqueline Corcoran, NDI senior resident director, was present.