The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday said that it did not want the president鈥檚 removal at this moment, as it could delay the transition to democracy as well as the national election.
鈥楾he post of president is a constitutional one, the highest institution in the country. If a sudden resignation creates a vacancy, it would lead the country to a constitutional vacuum and a state crisis. The nation cannot afford delays in the democratic transition,鈥� the party鈥檚 standing committee member Salahuddin Ahmed said while speaking to reporters at its chairperson鈥檚 office in Gulshan in the capital.
鈥榃e urge everyone to remain vigilant. We stand united to make sure that the forces of fallen fascism and their allies cannot orchestrate any further conspiracies. All attempts will be countered collectively,鈥� he said.
Earlier in the day, a BNP delegation met with chief adviser Muhammad Yunus at state guest house Jamuna.
The delegation included party standing committee members Nazrul Islam Khan, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury and Salahuddin Ahmed.
Law adviser Asif Nazrul and special assistant to the chief adviser Mahfuj Alam were present at the meeting.
Emerging from the meeting, Nazrul urged all to remain vigilant to thwart any attempt to create a new constitutional or political crisis in the country.
鈥業f the aides of the fallen autocracy try to create any constitutional and political crisis, the pro-democracy and agitating political parties and different organisations will face it by standing united,鈥� he said.
When asked whether anyone sought the BNP鈥檚 opinions regarding resignation of president Mohammed Shahabuddin, Nazrul said, 鈥楴othing specific. We have said that everyone should be careful against triggering of
any new constitutional or political crisis in the country. If anyone wants to do that, we will face it together.鈥�
In a special interview published on October 19 president Shahabuddin told interviewer and Manab Zamin editor Matiur Rahman Chowdhury that he did not have 鈥榓ny documentary evidence鈥� of former prime minister鈥檚 resignation.
Later on October 21, Shahabuddin urged all to refrain from destabilising or embarrassing the interim government centring on 鈥榤edia publicity鈥� by quoting him regarding the resignation of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, said a release from the president鈥檚 press wing.
鈥楾he clear statement from the president is that all the questions that have arisen in the public mind regarding the resignation and departure from the country of the prime minister in the face of the student-people uprising, the dissolution of the parliament, and the constitutional validity of the incumbent interim government are answered in the order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Special Reference No-01/2024, dated August 8, 2024,鈥� the release mentioned.
