During the first session of Bangladesh’s 13th National Parliament on March 12, 2026, the ruling party filled both the Speaker and Deputy Speaker positions from its own members. Despite the government’s earlier call for the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami to nominate a candidate for the Deputy Speaker post, no name was proposed from the opposition side. As a result, the position went to Barrister Kaiser Kamal, the State Minister for Land and Member of Parliament from Netrokona-1, while Liberation War Affairs Minister Major (Retd.) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed was elected Speaker.

Jamaat had previously announced it would not accept the Deputy Speaker post, accusing the government of disregarding the “July Charter.” Jamaat Ameer and Opposition Leader Dr. Shafiqur Rahman stated that the charter stipulates one Deputy Speaker should come from the opposition, but his party wanted the entire agreement implemented as a package rather than in parts.

Following the election of the Speaker and Deputy Speaker, the parliamentary session was adjourned for 30 minutes by Dr. Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, the presiding officer.