Restore CG system to avoid 1/11-like situation
Rafiqul Islam Miah warns govt
The main opposition BNP yesterday urged the government to immediately accept their demand for reinstating the caretaker government system if it wants to avoid 1/11 like situation.
BNP Standing Committee member Barrister Rafiqul Islam Miah made the reamrk at a discussion in the capital.
Swadesh Jagoran Parishad, a pro-BNP platform, organised the discussion styled “The Politics of Vengeance: Past and Present Perspective” at Jatiya Press Club.
The BNP leader said this was the party's reaction following Prime Minister's remark in the US that all the doors to the caretaker system have been closed.
Rejecting the opposition's plea to restore the caretaker government system, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday night also said, “People are the source of power…we all need to be aware that no one can play with the rights of the common people. They do not want to return to the 1/11 situation again”.
She was addressing a civic reception, organised by Bangladesh Awami League, US Chapter, at Hotel Marriot Marquis in New York as the prime minister is attending the 67th UN General Assembly there.
Turning down the PM's remarks, Barrister Rafique said the post-1/11 government was not a caretaker government rather it was a military-backed one.
“The people of the country want restoration of the non-party caretaker government,” he added.
The BNP leader also criticised the full text of the Supreme Court verdict, saying there is no consistency between the short verdict and the full one declaring illegal the constitutional provision for a non-party caretaker government system.
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