Zia's multi-party democracy was the rehabilitation of war criminals'’

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that Zia's democracy was about war criminals. Rewarding and rehabilitating them was his multi-party democracy.

He made this statement while speaking as the chief guest at a public meeting organized by the District Awami League at the Central Idgah Maidan in Jessore on Sunday afternoon.

The Prime Minister further said, 'After the assassination of the Father of the Nation, this country became a country of murder, coups, and curfews. A reign of looting was established in this country. Those who illegally seized power used to run the country by imposing curfews. Zia used to run the country in a frightening environment by imposing curfews.'‘

Sheikh Hasina said, 'Zia's democracy was about war criminals. Zia's multi-party democracy was about rewarding war criminals who did not want the independence of this country, who insulted the dignity of the mothers and sisters of this country, who handed them over to the Pakistani invaders, and who committed brutal genocide.'‘

District Awami League President Shahidul Islam Milon presided over the meeting.

Earlier, upon reaching the public meeting stage, the Prime Minister inaugurated 18 projects for the development of Jessore and laid the foundation stones of 12 projects.