‘Country not being run according to constitution’
Jatiya Oikyafront convener Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday said people cannot exercise their power as owners of the country, since Bangladesh is not run as per its constitution.
“Even after 50 years of the country’s independence, we have to seek our constitutional power back. Our power have been usurped ...we’re not allowed to exercise our power as they [government] were not elected truly,” he said.
Dr Kamal further said, “I would like to firmly say that the country’s current governance system is not operated as per the constitution. Our leaders had written in the constitution that people are owners [sources] of power. But we’re not allowed to enjoy it and the benefits of the independence. “
He made the remarks while speaking at the triennial council of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD-Rob) at Mohanagar Natya Mancha auditorium.
The Gonoforum chief said those who think they can buy people and keep the governance system under their grip with black money are living in fool’s paradise.
Regretting that the ruling party has been in power ‘resorting to falsehood and spreading lies over the general election and its results, he called upon the government to hold a fresh election after bringing changes to the Election Commission.
He said their alliance wants to restore people’s ownership of the country on the eve of the Golden Jubilee of Independence.
Speaking at the programme, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said Awami League has established a “puppet government” in the country, destroying the spirit of the Liberation War.
Fakhrul said India’s NRC and the Citizenship Amendment Act may harm Bangladesh, but the government is playing a silent role in this regard and saying it is an internal matter of India.
Stating that the country is going through a political crisis, the top BNP leader said there is no alternative to a mass upsurge of people to come out of this dire situation.
JSD president ASM Abdur Rob chaired the session.
Krishak Sramik Janata League president Abdul Kader Siddiqui, BNP standing committee member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan, Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna, Ganosamhati Andolon’s chief coordinator Zonayed Saki and Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, among others, addressed the programme.
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