Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami鈥檚 nayeb-e-ameer, Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher, on Wednesday said that the interim government currently lacked both the capacity and willingness to conduct a free and fair election.
Speaking at the National Consensus Commission-hosted dialogue held at the Doyel Hall of the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka, Taher claimed the current administration was failing to take meaningful steps toward ensuring level playing field for electoral integrity.
Explaining his party鈥檚 absence from Tuesday鈥檚 session of the NCC dialogue, he said Jamaat had abstained in symbolic protest against the joint statement issued following a meeting in London between chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus and Bangladesh Nationalist Party鈥檚 acting chairman Tarique Rahman.
鈥榃e perceived the chief adviser鈥檚 stance as biased,鈥� Taher said during his speech.
He added that Jamaat decided to join Wednesday鈥檚 session after the chief justice personally called the Jamaat ameer at 3:00pm on Tuesday and addressed their concerns.
Shortly after Taher鈥檚 remarks, Communist Party of Bangladesh leader Ruhin Hossain Prince and Sajedul Haque Rubel staged a walkout in protest.
