Wednesday, 22 January, 2025
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that the recommendations of the state reform commissions will "not be accepted without a consensus."
“We are not commenting on these reports yet as we have not received them in full,” Fakhrul told the media after paying tribute to Ziaur Rahman at his grave on Sunday.
Following the fall of the Awami League government on August 5, 2024, due to a mass student uprising, an interim government took charge and established 11 reform commissions in two phases.
Four of the six reform commissions submitted their reports on January 15 this year, with the remaining two expected to submit theirs later in January.
"The government has stated it will discuss the matter with political parties before making a decision," Fakhrul added. "Nothing will be accepted without consensus."
The BNP has called for general elections to be held between July and August. However, some critics have argued that this demand is "unrealistic" given the time needed to complete reforms before the election.
“We have repeatedly stated that there is no conflict between reforms and elections. Reforms will continue, and elections will take place simultaneously. The party that assumes power will carry forward the reform process,” Fakhrul said in response to questions.
“On behalf of our party, we can say that we’ll move each of the reform works forward,” he said.
In terms of reforms and elections, the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement and their organisation National Citizens Committee, who are preparing to open a political party, stand at the opposite pole to the BNP.
Those two platforms prefer to complete the reforms and then prepare for the election. However, they demand the local level elections before that. BNP, on the other hand, wants a quick election following ‘necessary’ reforms only. Most of the political parties share BNP’s viewpoint.
At an event in Panchagarh on Friday, Sarjis Alam, the chief coordinator of the National Citizens Committee and former coordinator of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement said it was impossible to hold the election in six months.
Earlier at 11 am, the BNP secretary general accompanied by the leaders and activists of the party, paid their homage by placing wreaths at the grave of late president Ziaur Rahman, founder of BNP. They prayed for the salvation of his soul.
The BNP has been commemorating Zia’s 89th birth anniversary with a day-long programme.
Mirza Fakhrul highlighted the career of Ziaur Rahman. “When he took the responsibility to run the country through a revolution of the soldiers and public, he began reform works in a short time to create a modern and prosperous Bangladesh,” he said.
Zia was the pioneer of reform works in Bangladesh, Fakhrul said. “He introduced multi-party governance in the country instead of a single-party one. He launched a free market economy and agricultural revolution.”
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BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that the recommendations of the state reform commissions will "not be accepted without a consensus."
“We are not commenting on these reports yet as we have not received them in full,” Fakhrul told the media after paying tribute to Ziaur Rahman at his grave on Sunday.
Following the fall of the Awami League government on August 5, 2024, due to a mass student uprising, an interim government took charge and established 11 reform commissions in two phases.
Four of the six reform commissions submitted their reports on January 15 this year, with the remaining two expected to submit theirs later in January.
"The government has stated it will discuss the matter with political parties before making a decision," Fakhrul added. "Nothing will be accepted without consensus."
The BNP has called for general elections to be held between July and August. However, some critics have argued that this demand is "unrealistic" given the time needed to complete reforms before the election.
“We have repeatedly stated that there is no conflict between reforms and elections. Reforms will continue, and elections will take place simultaneously. The party that assumes power will carry forward the reform process,” Fakhrul said in response to questions.
“On behalf of our party, we can say that we’ll move each of the reform works forward,” he said.
In terms of reforms and elections, the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement and their organisation National Citizens Committee, who are preparing to open a political party, stand at the opposite pole to the BNP.
Those two platforms prefer to complete the reforms and then prepare for the election. However, they demand the local level elections before that. BNP, on the other hand, wants a quick election following ‘necessary’ reforms only. Most of the political parties share BNP’s viewpoint.
At an event in Panchagarh on Friday, Sarjis Alam, the chief coordinator of the National Citizens Committee and former coordinator of the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement said it was impossible to hold the election in six months.
Earlier at 11 am, the BNP secretary general accompanied by the leaders and activists of the party, paid their homage by placing wreaths at the grave of late president Ziaur Rahman, founder of BNP. They prayed for the salvation of his soul.
The BNP has been commemorating Zia’s 89th birth anniversary with a day-long programme.
Mirza Fakhrul highlighted the career of Ziaur Rahman. “When he took the responsibility to run the country through a revolution of the soldiers and public, he began reform works in a short time to create a modern and prosperous Bangladesh,” he said.
Zia was the pioneer of reform works in Bangladesh, Fakhrul said. “He introduced multi-party governance in the country instead of a single-party one. He launched a free market economy and agricultural revolution.”
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