People to decide if AL can contest election or not
The people will decide whether the Awami League will be allowed to take part in national elections, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said yesterday.
“Awami League is a political party. It is the people who will decide whether the party will engage in politics or participate in elections,” he said while addressing a programme in Feni’s Fulgazi upazila.
“But those who have committed murder, tortured people, and laundered the nation’s wealth must be brought to book and punished,” he added.
Fakhrul said the interim government has done a lot in just three months.
“They [interim government] will organise a free and fair election after clearing out the garbage left behind by the previous government. We never said we wanted to bring anyone to the election. The media has not presented the matter properly.”
Praising BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s role in the fight for democracy, Fakhrul said, “Begum Khaleda Zia has fought long and hard for the people of the country and for democracy. The previous government kept her in jail in false cases. She was confined to a small, damp cell. That’s why her health has deteriorated severely.”
“She is ill and will soon be sent abroad for treatment,” he added.
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