Gana Forum president Dr Kamal Hossain on Saturday said the current regime is living in ‘fool’s paradise’ if it is hopeful that the people of the country will accept an election without a neutral caretaker government.Noting that there can be nothing called an ‘all-party government’ in the state, Dr Kamal said the Awami League-led government is actually plotting to coop people in the cage. He said this at a discussion organised by Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP) at Mukti Bhaban.
Kamal Hossain said the government sometimes calls itself an all-party government, and sometimes an interim government. “It’s actually a two-party government now,” he said. It’s unprecedented that a party, meaning Jatiya Party, is playing the role of the opposition while it is still in the government, he added.
Kamal Hossain, also an eminent jurist, questioned the legitimacy of that the 15th amendment to the constitution, saying that the amendment excludes the provision of the caretaker government despite the unanimous decision of the Parliamentary Standing Committee that had gone for keeping the provision.
“I’ve no clue from where the draft of the 15th amendment came. I know Sajeda Chowdhury was there. Senior leaders like Tofail Ahmed, Amu (Amir Hossain Amu) and Menon (Rashed Khan Menon) were there. All the members in the Standing Committee came out with a unanimous decision to keep the caretaker government,” he said. Presided over by BJP chief adviser MA Mukit, the discussion was also addressed by Nagarik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna. – UNB
