BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has accused India of engaging in hatching conspiracy against Bangladesh as the mastermind of fascism is now staying in the neighbouring country, reports UNB.
“There is a danger over our heads. We can’t endure any further disaster at this moment. We all will have to remain vigilant otherwise we may face a major disaster,” he said while talking to reporters at his house in Kalibari area of Thakurgaon town on Wednesday.
Fakhrul also blamed his party’s arch-rival Awami League for splitting the nation into two parts and expressed his optimism about building a united nation removing the separation.
Claiming that there will be different opinions in a democratic system, Fakhrul told a questioner that a political party cannot recommend banning other political parties and is not prudent.
“It is not a matter of any political party, rather it is the responsibility of the countrymen. The countrymen will decide through election who will do politics or not,” he said about his party’s stance over the demand for banning Awami League politics from the country.
Fakhrul said that his party is thinking about the next general election as the government neither announced a roadman for the election nor began reforms to the electoral system except forming an election reform committee.
Citing the country’s prevailing situation, he said now the most important thing is to hold a free, fair and acceptable election to all and the electoral system needs to be reformed quickly to hold the election.
“We are frequently underscoring the need for an elected government and a parliament as these are crucial at this moment to address the country’s political and economic challenges,” he said.
About the proportional electoral system, he said it is not possible in the context of Bangladesh as the country uses the First Past the Post, or FPTP, system, where a candidate wins with the highest votes in an electoral constituency.
However in the Proportional Representation system, there are no constituency-based candidates. Voters cast their votes for party symbols and the number of seats a party receives in parliament is determined in proportion to the percentage of the votes it secures, he said.
About the recruitment of new advisers, he said the interim government should remain careful in recruiting advisers in the advisory council for its overall betterment.
The government should stay aside from involving any controversial person in the government for its own interest, said the BNP leader.
Claiming his party a stakeholder of the oust-government movement, he said, “We do not want those who are enemies of our country and its democracy, to get any opportunity to thwart the purpose of the interim government and create obstacles to the path of restoration of democracy.”
Bd-pratidin English/Tanvir Raihan
