The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

The newly elected parliament members will formally take oath today and tomorrow at the parliament secretariat.

Ashfaque Hamid, secretary, Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Secretariat said that the gazette of the ninth parliamentary elections results had reached the JS secretariat.

The members of the major parties, who will form the government, will take the oath today at 3pm and the rest of the members will take oath tomorrow at the same time at the same venue. As per the people's verdict AL-led grand alliance has won an overwhelming majority in December29 parliamentary polls and will form government.

Hamid said all necessary preparations for administering the oath in the 'oath' chamber of parliament building have been completed.

Speaker of the parliament Muhammad Jamiruddin Sircar on Thursday said his secretariat would need at least 24 hours to issue notices to the elected MPs for turning up at the parliament building as most of the elected MPs are their constituencies and they must be given time to come to Dhaka.

According to the constitution, the Speaker will administer oath within three days of the publication of the gazette. Otherwise, the Chief Election Commission Commissioner (CEC) will administer oath within the next three days and the first session of a new parliament will have to be held within 30 days since the publication of the gazette.

Meanwhile, AL president Sheikh Hasina has convened the AL parliamentary board meeting at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban just after oath taking ceremony .