BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul
Islam Alamgir has blamed Awami League General Secretary and LGRD
Minister Syed Ashraful Islam for ‘misleading statements’ on the BNP’s
standpoint about the war crimes trials.
“We have said time and again that we want the war crimes trials, the BNP as a party wants the trial of all those who committed crimes against humanity. But we want the trials to be impartial, transparent, free of political vendetta and in keeping with the international standards,” Fakhrul told journalists after offering flowers at the grave of BNP’s founder Ziaur Rahman on Tuesday.
“The problem is that these war crimes trials have been questioned in the country and abroad. The Awami League government in the 1970s had let these war criminals go off without punishment. Now Ashraful is spreading lies to cover up the failures of his government,” he said.
Fakhrul’s rebuttal follows Syed Ashraful Islam’s allegations on Tuesday that “Jamaat-e-Islami is using the BNP’s strength to derail the war crimes trials”.
He had blamed BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia for trying to ‘sabotage’ the war crimes trials.
Fakhrul also parried the Awami League’s charge that Khaleda Zia has tried to provoke military intervention during her recent visit to Bogra.
“Khaleda Zia has merely praised the army’s role in protecting the people and their properties during the recent violence in Shahjahanpur on March 3. But she said nothing about provoking a military intervention. So Ashraful and Home Minister MK Alamgir are just spreading lies,” he said.
Earlier in the day, pointing at the BNP Chairperson, Syed Ashraful Islam said, “A few days ago, in Bogra, she (Khaleda Zia) asked the Armed Forces to interfere in politics and administration of Bangladesh. This is unprecedented in any democratic country.”
Anywhere else, Khaleda Zia would have to face sedition charges, the LGRD Minister said.
MK Alamgir on Monday also said Khaleda Zia’s remarks on a possible army intervention were ‘tantamount to sedition’.
Mirza Fakhrul on Tuesday told reporters that his party’s main challenge was to restore democracy and the ongoing crisis. “The democracy is nearly lost. The country’s existence is threatened.”
He blamed the present Awami League-ruled government for the present crisis. “The situation can only be resolved by establishing a non-party government to conduct elections. I hope the government will come to its senses.”
“We want to make it clear that our movement for a non-party government cannot be thwarted by filing cases. There won’t be any elections without any non-partisan government system,” he added.
Earlier on Tuesday, top BNP leaders placed wreaths at the National Memorial with Khaleda Zia leading them.
Then they placed wreaths on late President Ziaur Rahman’s grave at the capital’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar.
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