Polls must be held under neutral admin
Reiterates BNP
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said the government has to take initiatives to hold the next national polls under a neutral administration.
“Our stance is in favour of the 13th amendment. The ball is now in government's court. We can only sit down with the government to decide on the chief adviser of the caretaker government,” he told a press conference at the party's central office at Nayapaltan.
He, however, said they did not finalise the plan for forming an interim government and were in discussion with legal experts about the plan. “We are hopeful we'll be able to finalise our plan soon.”
As the government amended the constitution, they will have to take steps to resolve the crisis, mentioned Fakhrul.
The 13th amendment to the constitution had made the provision to hold the national elections under a caretaker government. But the parliament last year scrapped it by adopting the 15th amendment.
According to the existing provision, the incumbent Awami League-led alliance government will be in power during the next national polls.
But the main opposition BNP and its allies said they will not contest the elections if held under a political government.
On Saturday, BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed said his party would publish the draft outline of a non-party caretaker government after the Eid-ul-Fitr.
But Fakhrul yesterday said it was Moudud's “personal” statement.
Asked about the prime minister's offer to form a small cabinet ahead of the national polls, he said the prime minister's offer was not clear.
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