Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Hafiz Uddin Ahmed on Sunday said that the elected people鈥檚 representatives were enough for the reforms of the state.
Highlighting the issue of waiting for the reforms of the state for elections, he said that only the government of the people could implement the spirit of 1971.
鈥榊ou [interim government] can only propose,鈥� Hafiz said at a discussion titled 鈥榃hat freedom fighters should do in the current political context鈥�.
Jatiyatabadi Muktijoddha Dal organised the discussion at the Dhaka Reporters Unity in the capital.
Hafiz Uddin said that the interim government should form a good election commission, but they did not do that.
鈥楴o roadmap is provided yet. Only six reform commissions have been formed,鈥� he said, adding that the Awami League regime鈥檚 corrupt government officials and police officials should not be given shelter in the cantonment after the August 5 aftermath.
Noting that only the students鈥� movement did not revolutionise, the BNP leader said and added that the BNP had been struggling for 17 years.
鈥楧ictator Sheikh Hasina has escaped due to this continuation of movement. I will ask everyone to keep in mind that Yunus (chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus) is a freedom fighter. He spoke and worked for the liberation war in America [in 1971]. I want to say, [Muhammad Yunus should] take decisions by talking to everyone, including the students,鈥� he said.
Mentioning that many considered the interim government as a weak one, he suggested the government to discuss with everyone to prove that they were not weak.
He also suggested the interim government to take help from freedom fighters.
鈥楥orruption is a disease of all of us. We have to take action against it. We can learn it from neighbouring India. There is a law in their country that if the prime minister or the president is found to be corrupt, he or she can be removed from power and sent directly to jail. We have to bring that kind of institutionalised form of law,鈥� the former minister said.
Hafiz also spoke about the unrest in the hilly areas.
鈥楾he people in the hill tracts are very simple. There is a conspiracy to mislead them. Former president Ziaur Rahman established peace in the hills by taking strong measures. We will ask neighbouring country India not to provoke them by giving arms and training,鈥� he said.
鈥業f BNP comes to power, military training will be made compulsory for all the youths of 18 years,鈥� he said and added that especially the students would be trained, a system that existed in many countries in the world.
Presided over by Muktijoddha Dal president Ishtiaq Aziz Ulfat, BNP chairperson鈥檚 adviser Moazzem Hossain Alal and AB Party joint member secretary Asaduzzaman also spoke.
