The Jatiya Sangsad was not as effective as expected in terms of legislation passed, representation of the people, and ensuring accountability of the government, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) yesterday said.
Most of the parliamentary committees also did not play their due roles to ensure accountability of ministries concerned.
It recommended making the national parliamentary elections participatory, fair, and neutral in the real sense to make the House more effective.
The anti-graft watchdog said this in a webinar while unveiling its study report "Parliament Watch", which is based on the five sessions of the first year (January to December 2019) of the 11th parliament.
It observed that the absolute majority of the ruling party obtained through the questionable 11th parliamentary elections further strengthened the power monopoly of the party in parliamentary activities, especially in law-making, budget formulation, and parliamentary standing committees.
