Jamaat declines BNP's proposal to nominate deputy speaker for now
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has temporarily declined a verbal proposal from the ruling BNP to elect a deputy speaker from the opposition in the 13th National Parliament.
Speaking to journalists after a meeting of the opposition parliamentary committee at the National Parliament building today (11 March), the party's Secretary General Mia Golam Porwar said the party did not seek the deputy speaker position in this manner.
He added that the party would take a decision on the matter after discussions on the July Charter in parliament.
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Earlier on 2 March, while speaking to journalists, Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said the government wanted to begin implementing the political agreement reached in the July National Charter, respecting the consensus achieved.
He said the ruling party had verbally and directly proposed to the main opposition party that it nominate a deputy speaker, who could be elected on the same day as the speaker in the National Parliament.
