Active parliament must for democracy Says human rights chief

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Monday, November 12, 2012

Staff Correspondent

Parliamentary democracy cannot sustain without an active parliament, said Dr Mizanur Rahman, chairman of National Human Rights Commission, yesterday.

He said this at a mock parliament titled “Ensuring Communal Harmony.”

Debate for Democracy and ATN Bangla organised the programme at Bashundhara City shopping complex in the capital.

Addressing the programme as chief guest, Mizanur Rahman said if logical debates actually took place in the parliament, Bangladesh would have gone a long way.

Dhaka University and East West University participated in the mock parliament.

There is no doubt that the communal harmony of the country has been compromised by the recent attack on Buddhists in Ramu, said participants.