The National Unity Front has announced a three-point program, including filing a case with the Election Tribunal over allegations of irregularities in the 11th parliamentary election. In addition, the leaders of the National Unity Front will soon organize a national dialogue with professionals and visit areas where leaders and activists have been affected by election violence. At the same time, the National Unity Front has demanded that the Election Commission provide accurate copies of the center-wise results of the national parliamentary election without delay.
BNP Secretary General and National Oikyafront spokesperson Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced these programs after a meeting of the Oikyafront steering committee held on Tuesday afternoon at the residence of Oikyafront top leader and Gono Forum President Dr. Kamal Hossain on Bailey Road in the capital.
Present at the event were Gono Forum President Dr. Kamal Hossain, JSD President ASM Abdur Rob, Krishak Sramik Janata League President Bangabhir Quader Siddiqui, Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna, Gonoshasthaya Kendra Trustee Dr. Zafrullah Chowdhury, Gono Forum Executive President Subrata Chowdhury, General Secretary Mostafa Mohsin Montu, and Oikya Process Coordinator Shahidullah Kaiser, among others.
The top leaders of the Jatiya Oikya Front, which rejected the results of the 11th parliamentary elections on allegations of irregularities, held the meeting to decide on a new program for the movement. After the meeting, which began at 4:45 pm and lasted for about an hour, BNP Secretary General and Jatiya Oikya Front spokesperson Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir read out the Oikya Front's decision to journalists.
In response to journalists' questions, Dr. Kamal Hossain said, "We will go to court with evidence of irregularities in the election. For this, we have asked the Election Commission for an accurate copy of the center-wise results of the National Parliament election. So that it can be presented in court. It is proven that there was no election on December 30 in Bangladesh. Besides, within the next week, the leaders of the Unity Front will go to Balaganj, Sylhet. On the day of the election, an Oikya Front worker was killed in Balaganj, Sylhet.
In a written statement, the BNP Secretary General said, the essence of democracy is the rule of the people for the people; that is, the people will exercise their power through their elected representatives to govern the state. For this, a free, fair and impartial election process is required. According to the constitution, the Election Commission has all the powers and responsibilities to hold impartial elections. But in the 11th National Parliament election on December 30, the Election Commission cheated the people, the owners of the country. By abusing the law enforcement agencies and administrative officials in a very shameful manner and by neutralizing the effective role of the army, it turned the election into a farce. According to the blueprint, the Election Commission gave verbal instructions to the police and administrative officials on the night before the election, and helped the government-backed 'terrorist' forces to seal the ballot papers with boat and plow marks and keep the ballot boxes filled. In the December 30 election, the people were terrified by the government-backed terrorist forces and could not vote. As a result, the people were deprived of their right to express their opinions and their democratic rights, including the constitutional right to information. According to the Constitution of Bangladesh and international law, these illegal activities by the Election Commission and related officials are serious crimes.
In this situation, the people of Bangladesh strongly demand that a free, fair and impartial election be held again under a non-partisan government and an impartial Election Commission. In addition, we strongly demand that the Election Commission immediately provide accurate copies of the center-wise results of the election. After receiving the center-wise results, the people can prove in court that there was no election in Bangladesh on December 30.
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