News Desk :
BNP on Tuesday described the government’s attempt to enact a law on the Election Commission formation ‘hurriedly’ and ‘secretly’ as mere a ‘blueprint’ to cling to power illegally.
“BNP thinks the current parliament has no moral authority to make such a law since it’s not legally elected by people,” said party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. Speaking at a press conference at BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office, he also alleged that Awami League is trying to hold another ‘stage-managed’ election by deceiving people through covertly making the law, reports UNB.
In the current context of Bangladesh, the BNP leader said their party also thinks no election commission will be able to hold a free and fair election unless it is held under a neutral caretaker government. “This truth was established with the unilateral, voterless elections of midnight-vote robbery in 2014 and 2018.”
He said the resignation of the current illegitimate Awami League government, the handover of power to a neutral non-partisan government and holding a free, fair, credible and participatory election run by an election commission to be formed with people acceptable to all based on the opinions of all political parties are the only way to restore democracy in Bangladesh.
