JP lawmaker wants 'filter' for judges

Dhaka, June 19 (bdnews24.com) ? Appointment of partisan judges in the higher courts creates instability in the judiciary.

Jatiya Party lawmaker Mojibul Haq in his budget discussion Sunday said there should be a system to appoint impartial and efficient judges in the higher courts.

"I have seen the partisan appointments in the regime of all governments but it creates problems," he said.

He was of the view that there should be laws to ban hartal.

About warrants of precedence, he said public representatives should not be categories lower than that of public servants.

"Cabinet and principal secretaries have higher ranks than that of lawmakers in the warrants of precedence and it should be amended," he pointed out.

H N Asiqur Rahman said inequality between rural and urban areas was increasing.

"The prospect of a person from rural area is not the same as of an urban person," he said.

Asaduzzaman Khan proposed to increase the tax-free income to Tk 0.25 million from Tk 0.18 million.

State minister for environment and forests Hasan Mahmud came down heavily on the national committee on protection of oil, gas, mineral resources.

"Who gave Monu (Anu) Mohammad the mandate to protect the national interest," he asked.

"He is a professor of economics. What he knows about mineral resources," he said.

"How the committee becomes a national one which is comprised of street urchins?"

"They want to stab the country and work on behalf of foreign patrons," he added.

"Some like to come to highlight by urinating on the head of people, while there are many who want to be highlighted by urinating on the country," Hasan said.

Mojibul Haq was in the chair when Hasan made the speech and the speaker gave him thanks for his wise and knowledgeable speech.

Lawmakers Afsarul Amin, Shawkat Ara Begum, Mohammad Abdul Hai, Giasuddin Ahmed, Mohammad Moslemuddin, Narayan Chandra Chanda, AKM Rahmatullah, Monowar Hossain Chowdhury, Mir Showkat Ali Badsha and Mohammad Shah Alam also spoke.

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