A treasury bench member on Monday urged the Speaker to take stern action against the MPs using vulgar and un-parliamentary words in Parliament undermining the dignity of the House and 350 lawmakers.
“Madam Speaker, you’ve the right to expel any MP permanently. I won’t ask you to take such serious action. I propose to expel those using vulgar words for one day at least from the House and fine Tk 30,000 for expunging each un-parliamentary word,” Awami League MP Zunaid Ahmed Palak (Natore -3) said.
He made the proposal in Parliament taking the floor on `personal clarification’ under rule 274 saying that Tk 30,000 of hard-earned public money is being spent for each minute of discussion in Parliament.
Palak said people of the country do not want to see such situation in the House and the young people are writing on facebook that ‘they hate politicians, they hate politics’.
Criticizing the MPs who are constantly using vulgar and un-parliamentary words in the House, he said: “We don’t want to see the dignity of 350 members of the House sacrificed for only 2-3 MPs,” he said.
The AL lawmaker lamented that they are even making derogatory remarks about Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family.
Source: UNB Connect
