BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said their party wants the next national election to be held under a 'non-partisan government' like in 1991.
"We’ve no alternative to forcing the current government to quit through a movement for getting out of the crisis in the country," he said.
Speaking at a discussion, the BNP leader said the resignation of the Awami League government will pave the way for holding the next election under a non-party administration.
“If a neutral government is empowered as in 1991 to hold an impartial election through a neutral election commission, then it’ll be possible to form a truly representative parliament and government," he observed.
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BNP’s national committee on celebrating the Golden Jubilee of the country’s Independence arranged the discussion titled “February 27, 1991 Election: A role model of acceptable elections under a neutral government” at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh.
Fakhrul said a general election under a neutral government will help not only overcome the country's crisis but also build a future for the nation.
Accusing the government of turning the country into a paradise of corruption by destroying all institutions in a planned way, he said a credible election will create an opportunity to rebuild the country and its all organs.
The BNP leader called upon the people of all strata to come forward to protect the country, its future generation and save democracy. “Let’s wage a fierce movement to establish a government of people by ousting the fascist and despotic Awami League government.”
Speaking at the programme, BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain said a non-party neutral government had been formed in the country after the fall of the autocratic ruler HM Ershad in 1990.
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“There’s no provision in the constitution at that time for a non-partisan government. But a non-partisan government was formed at that time in the interest of the nation and people,” he observed.
The BNP leader said such a government can also be formed now and the constitution cannot be a barrier to protecting the nation’s interest.
He said the Awami League government has been running the country by ‘usurping’ power and resorting to ‘vote robbery’. “That’s why a ground for a mass movement that took place in the 90s has now been created in the country.”
Stating that no autocratic regime of any country wants to quit power without a mass movement, Mosharraf urged their party rank and file to make all preparations for a movement as in the 90s.