Sayeed Muhammad of DOT :
The first session of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) starts at 3 pm today.
President Abdul Hamid summoned the session on January 9 exercising the power bestowed upon him as per clause (1) of article 72 of the constitution, reports BSS.
The president is supposed to will deliver his speech in parliament.
As per the constitutional rules, if any member of parliament (MP) passed away, an obituary reference is adopted after the beginning of session and the session is kept adjourned.
Elected MP from Kishoreganj-1 constituency Syed Ashraful Islam passed away on January 3 last. So, after the beginning of the first session tomorrow, an obituary reference will be adopted and a break will be taken for a while to resume the session. Then the President will deliver his speech.
In the first session, speaker and deputy speaker will be elected as per article-74 of the constitution. A notice should be given one hour before the election.
According to the parliament’s rules of procedure, the duration and proceedings of the first session will be finalized at a meeting of the business advisory committee of the parliament with parliament speaker in the chair tomorrow.
The duration of the session might be longer as the first one of the new parliament and the New Year as well.
On January 3, the newly-elected 289 lawmakers out of 298 of the 11th parliament were sworn in at a function at the Jatiya Sangsad (JS).
Those elected from BNP-Jatiya Oikyafront have not taken oath yet. On January 1, the Election Commission (EC) published the results of the elections and issued gazette notification containing the names and addresses of candidates of 298 constituencies.
On December 30, the voting was held in 299 constituencies out of total 300 as the polling in Gaibandha-3 constituency was suspended due to the death of a candidate earlier.