Forget 1971
The people who believe in the country's independence must get united against this government to free the nation from its misrule forgetting who did what in 1971, BNP chairperson's adviser Khandaker Mahbub Hossain said yesterday.
“The country is now facing only one problem--an illegal administration is weighing heavily on the shoulder of the people. So, there's only one solution--this illegal government must be dislodged through a decisive movement,” he told a discussion, "The impeachment law and the independence of the judiciary", at Dhaka Reporters Unity, organised by pro-BNP platform Jatiyatabadi Prajanma 71.
The Supreme Court lawyer said the government was chaining the people by formulating various laws and policies one after another.
About the 16th constitutional amendment through which the parliament has re-empowered itself to impeach SC judges, he said it was to keep judges under pressure. “This regime has lost its balance. Now the people will have to get united to dislodge it.”
Mahbub said the BNP chairperson would call for a decisive movement at a suitable time. “Sheikh Hasina is now riding the tiger's back and she can't get off it. She'll not go for an election till her fall through a mass upsurge,” he added.
Addressing the programme, BNP international affairs secretary Dr Asaduzzaman Ripon said they wanted a fresh national election as per the people's aspirations.
“The January 5 election was flawed and farcical. None accepted it. If a fresh election is not held immediately, the prime minister will get more authoritarian,” he said.
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