Hamid bitterly critical of Speaker for his remarks against AL
Sunday, 28 September 2008
Former speaker and deputy leader of the opposition Abdul Hamid on Saturday termed a comment made by Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar the previous day "undemocratic and against parliamentary norms, reports bdnews24.com."
Speaker Sircar at a roundtable Friday said the Awami League (AL) would not be able to win the next parliamentary polls "even it formed a grand alliance of 100 parties".
Sircar also said the AL had destroyed democracy in the past and democracy was not safe under the party in the future.
"(Sircar) cannot ridicule a party holding the office of speaker, a national and non-partisan institution," Abdul Hamid told the news agency Saturday.
"He has lost the moral authority as speaker, who must perform his duties without political bias, by making those comments," said Hamid.
"If he made the comment as a BNP leader quitting the speaker's chair, then it may have been acceptable."
"But as it is, his comment against the AL is very unfortunate," said Hamid, an AL lawmaker elected from a Kishorganj constituency.
Questioning the Sircar's allegiance to the politics of the BNP, "founded by military ruler Ziaur Rahman", Hamid also bitterly criticised the party.
Speaker Sircar at a roundtable Friday said the Awami League (AL) would not be able to win the next parliamentary polls "even it formed a grand alliance of 100 parties".
Sircar also said the AL had destroyed democracy in the past and democracy was not safe under the party in the future.
"(Sircar) cannot ridicule a party holding the office of speaker, a national and non-partisan institution," Abdul Hamid told the news agency Saturday.
"He has lost the moral authority as speaker, who must perform his duties without political bias, by making those comments," said Hamid.
"If he made the comment as a BNP leader quitting the speaker's chair, then it may have been acceptable."
"But as it is, his comment against the AL is very unfortunate," said Hamid, an AL lawmaker elected from a Kishorganj constituency.
Questioning the Sircar's allegiance to the politics of the BNP, "founded by military ruler Ziaur Rahman", Hamid also bitterly criticised the party.