Tarique urges govt to announce election date, warns against 'despotism'
Staff Correspondent
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday night urged the interim government to announce a clear date for the national election without unnecessarily complicating the country's political situation.
"I call upon the interim government to declare a specific date for the national election without muddying the waters unnecessarily," he said while virtually addressing a discussion meeting.
Nationalist Democratic Movement (NDM) arranged the event at a city hotel, marking its 8th founding anniversary.
Tarique underscored the need for establishing a government accountable to the people through their direct votes in a credible national election.
Otherwise, he warned, it will not be easy to confront the fallen and runaway despotic Awami League.
“We hope that the interim government will soon announce the date for the national election and fulfil its responsibility to establish the rights of the people of Bangladesh, rising above greed and temptation,” the BNP leader said.
He said that political parties prepare themselves to serve the people through the practice of party politics, ideals, and political discourse, and to govern the country with a public mandate.
“It is very important to strengthen democratic political parties, political norms, rules and systems, instead of depoliticisation,” the BNP leader said.
Tarique also stressed the urgent need to strengthen constitutional institutions, which can only be achieved through continuous democratic practice.
