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Dhaka, June 14 (UNB)-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said only the peoples elected representatives will decide under what mechanism and whose authority the next parliamentary polls will be held. We, the peoples representatives, will do what we need to do for continuation of democracy. Thats why I request the opposition party to place their formula in parliament, Hasina said. The Prime Minister made the remarks when the executive committee of Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) led by its president Mostaq Hossain met her at the Prime Ministers Office (PMO) Tuesday noon.
Drawing the attention of opposition leader Khaleda Zia, the Prime Minister said: Please do not bring in crocodiles by digging the canal. Mentioning the arrest of Khaleda Zia during the last caretaker government, Hasina said when crocodiles get hungry, they do not choose who to spare and who to eat. She said when the caretaker government system was introduced, the political parties agreed that three elections would be held under this system.
Three elections have already been held under caretaker governments. And time and again the nation has got bitter experiences from the caretaker governments, she said. Hasina said unelected people are given state power through the caretaker system and after getting the power, the people in the caretaker government change their mindsets.
She said after assuming power, the caretaker governments start to take care of themselves instead of democracy and the people. The last caretaker government had planned to stay in power forever, as if government is a permanent settlement. But, in the face of strong national and international pressure, they were compelled to hold parliamentary polls, she said. Hasina also recalled the tough days Khaleda and she herself had to face during the previous military-backed caretaker government.
The Prime Minister said when staying abroad, she was told by some of the advisers of the caretaker government that Khaleda Zia had agreed to leave the country. The caretaker government had been forcing me not to return home and at the same time its advisers had been telling me that she (Khaleda) had agreed to leave the country. But I did not believe them, she said. Hasina said she strongly opposed the caretaker governments move to forcibly send Khaleda Zia abroad. I told them they cannot send a political leader abroad by force. We may have disagreements between us on many issues for different political ideologies, but I cannot support such an anti-democratic move, Hasina said she had asserted.
About her call to the opposition party to join parliament, the Prime Minister said they can bring a bill to the Jatiya Sangsad on revising the system of caretaker government. After discussions on the opposition partys bill on caretaker system, amendments can also be brought to their bill, she said. But, please do not dig canals that invite crocodiles, Hasina reiterated. The Prime Minister said Awami League wants to see uninterrupted democracy in Bangladesh to allow people to elect their own government at all times.
Hasina alleged that a vested quarter is plotting to break the continuation of democratic dispensation in Bangladesh. Referring to news reports in some national dailies about violence in the Union Parishad (UP) elections, the Prime Minister said she always collected latest information about each voting center of the UP elections. Out of over 8,000 centers, unexpected incidents took place at only 19 centres. But a few dailies have printed news reports highlighting the violence, she said. Hasina said it seems that a force is working to discredit the neutrality and independence of the Election Commission to disrupt democratic progress in Bangladesh.
Giving examples of Awami League candidates, in the Chittagong City Corporation and Habiganj parliamentary by-election, the Prime Minister said the government did not interfere by any means in those elections. For the sake of democracy, the Prime Minister urged the media and people to remain alert about any move to disrupt democratic advancement of the country. Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister M A Karim, Prime Ministers Office Secretary Mollah Waheeduzzaman, PMs Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad and DRU general secretary Jamal Uddin, among others, were present.
Drawing the attention of opposition leader Khaleda Zia, the Prime Minister said: Please do not bring in crocodiles by digging the canal. Mentioning the arrest of Khaleda Zia during the last caretaker government, Hasina said when crocodiles get hungry, they do not choose who to spare and who to eat. She said when the caretaker government system was introduced, the political parties agreed that three elections would be held under this system.
Three elections have already been held under caretaker governments. And time and again the nation has got bitter experiences from the caretaker governments, she said. Hasina said unelected people are given state power through the caretaker system and after getting the power, the people in the caretaker government change their mindsets.
She said after assuming power, the caretaker governments start to take care of themselves instead of democracy and the people. The last caretaker government had planned to stay in power forever, as if government is a permanent settlement. But, in the face of strong national and international pressure, they were compelled to hold parliamentary polls, she said. Hasina also recalled the tough days Khaleda and she herself had to face during the previous military-backed caretaker government.
The Prime Minister said when staying abroad, she was told by some of the advisers of the caretaker government that Khaleda Zia had agreed to leave the country. The caretaker government had been forcing me not to return home and at the same time its advisers had been telling me that she (Khaleda) had agreed to leave the country. But I did not believe them, she said. Hasina said she strongly opposed the caretaker governments move to forcibly send Khaleda Zia abroad. I told them they cannot send a political leader abroad by force. We may have disagreements between us on many issues for different political ideologies, but I cannot support such an anti-democratic move, Hasina said she had asserted.
About her call to the opposition party to join parliament, the Prime Minister said they can bring a bill to the Jatiya Sangsad on revising the system of caretaker government. After discussions on the opposition partys bill on caretaker system, amendments can also be brought to their bill, she said. But, please do not dig canals that invite crocodiles, Hasina reiterated. The Prime Minister said Awami League wants to see uninterrupted democracy in Bangladesh to allow people to elect their own government at all times.
Hasina alleged that a vested quarter is plotting to break the continuation of democratic dispensation in Bangladesh. Referring to news reports in some national dailies about violence in the Union Parishad (UP) elections, the Prime Minister said she always collected latest information about each voting center of the UP elections. Out of over 8,000 centers, unexpected incidents took place at only 19 centres. But a few dailies have printed news reports highlighting the violence, she said. Hasina said it seems that a force is working to discredit the neutrality and independence of the Election Commission to disrupt democratic progress in Bangladesh.
Giving examples of Awami League candidates, in the Chittagong City Corporation and Habiganj parliamentary by-election, the Prime Minister said the government did not interfere by any means in those elections. For the sake of democracy, the Prime Minister urged the media and people to remain alert about any move to disrupt democratic advancement of the country. Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister M A Karim, Prime Ministers Office Secretary Mollah Waheeduzzaman, PMs Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad and DRU general secretary Jamal Uddin, among others, were present.