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Fair and credible elections cannot be held under the Awami League government, says Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said they believe that fair and credible elections cannot be held under the Awami League government, no matter with whom the EC was formed.

Fakhrul made the remarks at a rally in Mymensingh on Monday.

Mymensingh city unit BNP arranged the rally protesting the rising price of essentials and other utility services.

On Sunday, Dr Zafrullah thanked the president for appointing his “recommended candidate” as the new chief election commissioner and asked the BNP to accept the commission.

On Saturday, President Abdul Hamid appointed former defence secretary Kazi Habibul Awal as the new Chief Election Commissioner.

Fakhrul said they believe that fair and credible elections cannot be held under the Awami League government, no matter with whom the EC was formed.

He said their party will not go to the next polls if Awami League stays in power during the election period.

“People want an acceptable election under a neutral government for the restoration of democracy. There’s still time to hand over power to a neutral government quitting power as per people’s hopes and aspirations,” the BNP leader said, pointing at the current regime.

He criticized the government for the soaring prices of essential commodities and power, gas and water.

Before the election in 2008, Fakhrul recalled that Awami League had promised to provide people with per kg rice at Tk10, but now there is no rice below Tk60 per kg while the price of per litre soybean oil is Tk 200.
“People are going through serious ordeals to cope with the growing price hike of all essentials.”
He said, “Awami League is a party of frauds. Whenever the Awami League has come to power, they have cheated people.”

Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir  said Gonoshasthya Kendra Founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury was not in a position to advise the BNP to accept the newly formed Election Commission (EC).

“The comments Dr Zafrullah made on the Election Commission were his personal ones. I respect him a lot. He’s a very good man. But he’s no one to tell the BNP to accept the Election Commission,” he said.

On Sunday, Dr Zafrullah thanked the President for appointing his “recommended candidate” as the new Chief Election Commissioner and asked BNP to accept the Commission.
President Abdul Hamid appointed former defence secretary Kazi Habibul Awal as the new Chief Election Commissioner on Saturday.

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