According to the TIB study, 17 percent of the total time of parliamentary proceedings was spent on legislative matters, slightly higher than in the previous Parliament. But the ruling party MPs spent 20 per cent of the time in praising the Prime Minister and the Awami League President during the discussion on the motion of thanks on the President’s speech, which is completely unacceptable. They can do this in party programs, why did they do this in Parliament after spending people’s hard-earned money?
In fact, any Parliament is effective only when the ruling party and the opposition are actively present in it. When no real opposition exists in Parliament, it is not effective in any way. The Cyber Security Act, which we believe to be a tweaked version of the Digital Security Act that harms media freedom and civil liberties, has been passed in the 11th National Parliament, ignoring objections from stakeholders. The new law could not relieve the concerns that had arisen due to the Digital Security Act. In such a situation, there is no fundamental difference between the 10th Parliament and the 11th Parliament.