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Article 70 of the Constitution of Bangladesh is a controversial clause restricting voting freedom in the Parliament of Bangladesh, written in the country's constitution.
History[edit]
Article 70 was made as a result of the Bangladesh Constituent Assembly (Cessation of Membership) Order 1972,[1] promulgated by President Justice Abu Sayeed Chowdhury. The president acted on the advice of Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The prime minister was annoyed when a lawmaker from his own party, K. M. Obaidur Rahman, raised a question in the Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh, as to why the assembly had no law making powers. Under the interim constitution in 1972, law making powers resided with the executive branch.[2]
Text[edit]
The text of the article is given in the following:[3]-
A person elected as a member of Parliament at an election at which he was nominated as a candidate by a political party shall vacate his seat if he –
(a) resigns from that party ; or
(b) votes in Parliament against that party ;
but shall not thereby be disqualified for subsequent election as a member of Parliament.
Implications[edit]
The article has the effect of preventing free votes and crossing the floor by Members of Parliament. If MPs vote against their party, they automatically lose their seats. As a result of Article 70, Bangladesh's parliament has largely served as a rubber stamp body. The parliament has also not been able to hold a no confidence motion to remove a prime minister.
The provision is contrary to the norms of Westminster systems, as in the parliaments of the United Kingdom, India, Pakistan and Australia; as well as other democratic systems, such as in the U.S. Congress and Japanese Diet.
Critics argue Article 70 contradicts fundamental rights in the constitution, including freedom of speech and freedom of conscience.[4] The lack of accountability in parliament gives unchecked powers to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, who is often accused of dictatorship.[5][6] Without the option of a no-confidence motion, the institutional checks and balances on a prime minister's power are significantly limited, as there are few remedies by which a prime minister can be legally dismissed.
Reform[edit]
Political scientists, public intellectuals, journalists, civil rights activists and members of parliament have demanded that Article 70 be reformed.[7][4][8][9][10]
While delivering judgements, the Supreme Court of Bangladesh has opined that Article 70 is undemocratic.[7]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/print_sections_all.php?id=376
- ^http://cpd.org.bd/pub_attach/To%20Amend%20Article%2070%20or%20not.pdf
- ^'70. Vacation of seat on resignation or voting against political party'. Bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
- ^ ab'Article 70: Contradiction with the spirit of the constitution Dhaka Tribune'. Archive.dhakatribune.com. 2014-02-20. Archived from the original on 2017-06-26. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
- ^Star Online Report. 'Monolithic power makes PM Sheikh Hasina a 'dictator', says BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia'. Thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
- ^Simon Tisdall and Anna Ridout in Dhaka. 'Bangladesh's PM rejects claims of repression: 'I do politics for the people' World news'. The Guardian. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
- ^ ab'16th Amendment scrapped'. The Daily Star. 2017-07-04. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
- ^http://www.biiss.org/biiss_journal/january_2010.pdf
- ^'Calls for review of Constitution, Article 70'. bdnews24.com. 2009-01-11. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
- ^Star Online Report. 'Awami League MP wants to allow vote against National budget'. Thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2017-07-11.
The original 1972 Constitution of Bangladesh incorporated a provision for secularism. The 1979 Fifth Amendment deleted the principle of secularism and incorporated Bismillah-ar-Rahman-ar-Rahim (In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful). The 1988 Eighth Amendment declared Islam to be the official state religion. The High Court Division (HCD) of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh declared the removal of secularism from the Constitution illegal in 2005. The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh upheld the decision of the HCD and the Constitution was amended in 2011 by the Parliament so that the provision for secularism was restored. The Constitution still lists the state religion as Islam and retains the declaration Bismillah-ar-Rahman-ar-Rahim, but these inclusions have been deeply controversial. This article will examine the concept of secularism as it is understood in Bangladesh and the implications of the concept of secularism for the constitutionality of Bismillah-ar-Rahman-ar-Rahim and the state religion Islam provisions. The article argues that there is no contradiction between the concept of secularism and these inclusions in the Constitution because they operate merely as an acknowledgement of Bangladesh's status as a Muslim majority country and do not, in practice, undermine the constitutional guarantees of equal rights and protection of all citizens including religious minorities.