Whatever the name, there must be a non-party government to conduct the election, or else anarchy will descend on the country, the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association president has said.
Khandakar Mahbub Hossain at a SCBA press conference in the city on Sunday also said, 'Caretaker government came because of mistrust among the political parties in 1996, and through Awami League's non-stop movement, including hartal, and vandalism.
'That mistrust still persists,' he added.
A bill for 15th amendment to the constitution was tabled in parliament on Saturday, with a provision for scrapping the non-party caretaker government system.
By tabling the bill, the government is on way to scrap the system while the main opposition BNP is vehemently protesting at the move with threats to boycott polls if not overseen by a caretaker government.
Alternatives to the caretaker government system such as 'interim government' and 'national government' are being discussed in the political arena.
Hossain, an adviser to the BNP chairperson, Khaleda Zia, alleged that political crimes and torture were going on unabated in the country.
'Politicians are being tortured in remands to give false acknowledgements... people are being shot dead like bird along the border.'
Referring to Khaleda's younger son Arafat Rahman's conviction for money laundering, he said, 'Those who were punished by kangaroo courts in the past are being proved innocent today. When democracy will return, the present government's one-sided verdicts will also go.'
Source : New Age
