Elections possible by mid-year: Mirza Fakhrul
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BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that elections are possible by mid-year. At the same time, he called on the government, Election Commission and political parties to hold elections.
He said these things at a press conference called at the BNP Chairperson's office in Gulshan on Tuesday (January 14) to inform about the decision of the standing committee a day earlier.
Also present at the event was the party's standing committee member Abdul Moin Khan.
The BNP Secretary General said that elections are possible by mid-year. This is why I am calling on the Election Commission, the government and political parties to hold elections by mid-year.
Noting that the draft of the Cyber Security Ordinance has been discussed, Mirza Fakhrul will hold another press conference in the next two days to discuss it in detail. For this, a committee has been formed under the leadership of Standing Committee member Dr. Moin Khan.
The BNP Secretary General said that the statement of the Chief Adviser on the election issue was discussed for a long time. We think there is no reason to delay it so much. The Election Commission has already been formed, stability is coming to the country and the report of the reform committee will be out by this month. Democracy is the most important thing in a country.
In response to a question about local elections before the national elections, the BNP Secretary General said, our position is clear on this matter. We have again announced this decision. We are saying that there is no question of local elections before the national elections because, now the focus of the entire nation, the entire country is on the elections of the national government. The last three elections could not be held. People want to pave the way for the transition to democracy through elections.
He said, sometimes I myself am surprised, where does the idea of holding elections other than the national elections come from at such a critical moment? Where does the idea of postponing the elections come from? If you want to put the country on a railway track.... There is an ongoing process of reforms. We were the first to draw the outline of reforms.
In response to a question about the 24 declarations, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said, we have received a draft of a July declaration from Adviser Mahfuz Alam. He requested us to give our opinion on this matter. It is not possible to do such a sensitive and important matter on a one-day notice. We have discussed this matter, are discussing it further, we have to discuss it with other parties that we have. Not only that, we have to discuss it with the constitutional experts who are there.
Asked whether the BNP like-minded political parties in the country also agree with BNP, he said, the like-minded parties that have been agitating, the right party, the left party, all agree with us that everyone agrees that elections need to be held quickly. There is no disagreement between us on this matter. The Communist Party has already given a statement. I do not see that there is much difference with Jamaat-e-Islami either. It has said a few days ago that elections need to be held quickly, that a national government needs to be elected first.
