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Published : 13 Feb 2025, 05:23 PM
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that “the people will decide” whether the Awami League will retain its registration as a political party.
He stated his party’s stance on the matter in response to a question during at a media briefing at the BNP Chairperson's Office in Dhaka’s Gulshan on Thursday.
Fakhrul said, "I say that the people will decide. We have said time and again that we are a liberal democratic party. We believe in democracy, in all of its norms and conditions and we practice it.”
"We have kept saying that it is not up to us to decide which party will be banned, will be allowed to remain active, or not ... the people will decide."
The BNP leader also noted the party’s objection to the local government polls before the 13th parliamentary election.
"We don't agree with holding local government elections before the national election. This is nothing but a plan to put the country in a more precarious state from all political considerations. The sooner the general election is held, the easier politics will be, and the more stability the country’s people will have.”
"We are also totally against [proportional representation]. We will not support any proportional election system because people aren't used to it."
