BANGLADESH NEWS
Seventy six percent of 149 parliamentarians surveyed were involved in various criminal activities including killing, land grabbing, extortion, tender manipulation and cheating, says a TIB study.
The study released Sunday by Transparency International Bangladesh said, “53.5 percent MPs carried out criminal acts in person and criminal cases have been filed against only 24.1 percent of the 149 legislators and in most cases aggrieved people could not dare to file cases or police refused to record cases.”
It added that 97 percent of 149 MPs were also involved in multiple ‘negative’ activities including influencing administrative acts, controlling educational institutions, misuse of development allocation, involving or supporting criminal activities, influencing public procurement, violating electoral code of conduct, grabbing government plots on false statement.
MPs in the present parliament in general used their position as source of income outside the house and spent only 9.2 percent time of the 254 working days in first seven sessions for legislation purpose, the prime task they were elected for, the study shows.
At the same time, 53.7 per cent of the 149 members had positive contribution outside parliament including contribution in education or health sector, maintaining good relation with opposition and the electorates, constructing infrastructure, solving local problems, relief drive on personal initiative, contribution in agricultural sector, maintaining law and order and encouraging empowering women.
The researchers said they had collected data from newspapers and group discussions in 42 districts. Most of newspapers depicted the lawmakers negatively and the positive contributions came from participants in the group discussions.
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