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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday in parliament spoke strongly against the necessity of a caretaker government to hold free, fair and neutral parliamentary elections.
“Holding election under a caretaker government was necessary when massive polls rigging took place,” the premier said in her winding up speech in the twelve session of the present parliament.
She added sometimes vote rigging took place through media coups, sometimes incorporating fake voters in the electoral roll.
The premier mentioned that one million fake voters were incorporated in the electoral roll during the past BNP-Jamaat four-party alliance government.
But, she went on saying, the Election Commission had now been made strong and independent.
The EC has now been working neutrally.
She claimed all the 5,175 polls including mayoral elections in three city corporations, upazilas, union parishads and by-elections held under her government, were free, fair and neutral.
While speaking against the restoration of caretaker system, Hasina, also the leader of the House, said unwanted situations had taken place during all the caretaker governments since its inception in 1996.
“During the Justice Habibur Rahman’s caretaker government regime, a coup attempt took place, during the justice Latifur Rahman’s caretaker regime, killing and torture took place indiscriminately and the immediate past caretaker government ruled the country for two years,” she asserted.
The premier asked how the opposition leader and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia forgot those.
She argued that her government had scrapped the CG system by amending the constitution in line with the Supreme Court verdict to this end.
The premier said the opposition joined the parliament only to ensure their financial benefits.
“In parliament, they spoke using indecent, vulgar and abusive languages. Even some of their members moved to attack one of our female MPs,” Hasina said.
And now they [opposition] are in streets and speaking abusive, vandalising vehicles in the name of movement against the government.
In her over 35 minutes' speech, the premier criticised the media for writing what she says both true and false, freely and on their own.
The twelve session of the ninth parliament was prorogued on Thursday having 34 sittings.
“Holding election under a caretaker government was necessary when massive polls rigging took place,” the premier said in her winding up speech in the twelve session of the present parliament.
She added sometimes vote rigging took place through media coups, sometimes incorporating fake voters in the electoral roll.
The premier mentioned that one million fake voters were incorporated in the electoral roll during the past BNP-Jamaat four-party alliance government.
But, she went on saying, the Election Commission had now been made strong and independent.
The EC has now been working neutrally.
She claimed all the 5,175 polls including mayoral elections in three city corporations, upazilas, union parishads and by-elections held under her government, were free, fair and neutral.
While speaking against the restoration of caretaker system, Hasina, also the leader of the House, said unwanted situations had taken place during all the caretaker governments since its inception in 1996.
“During the Justice Habibur Rahman’s caretaker government regime, a coup attempt took place, during the justice Latifur Rahman’s caretaker regime, killing and torture took place indiscriminately and the immediate past caretaker government ruled the country for two years,” she asserted.
The premier asked how the opposition leader and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia forgot those.
She argued that her government had scrapped the CG system by amending the constitution in line with the Supreme Court verdict to this end.
The premier said the opposition joined the parliament only to ensure their financial benefits.
“In parliament, they spoke using indecent, vulgar and abusive languages. Even some of their members moved to attack one of our female MPs,” Hasina said.
And now they [opposition] are in streets and speaking abusive, vandalising vehicles in the name of movement against the government.
In her over 35 minutes' speech, the premier criticised the media for writing what she says both true and false, freely and on their own.
The twelve session of the ninth parliament was prorogued on Thursday having 34 sittings.
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