'Apply same decision to Jatiya Party as AL: Jamaat tells Dr Yunus
Both Jamaat-e-Islami and National Citizen Party (NCP) on Sunday called on Chief Adviser Dr Yunus to ban the activities of the Jatiya Party, saying that the party helped Awami League "legalise the last three illegal elections".
At first, Jamaat-e-Islami advised Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus to ban the activities of the Jatiya Party, terming it "an ally of Awami League".
"Jatiya Party worked as an ally of Awami League. So, the decision you took about the Awami League, you can also take on Jatiya Party," said Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher.
He made the remarks while responding to journalists after meeting with the chief adviser at the state guest house Jamuna around 6:30pm.
On May 12 this year, the interim government banned all activities of the Awami League and its associated and affiliated organisations, on allegations of killings, genocide, crimes against humanity, and other grave offences during the July uprising.
During Sunday briefing, the Jamaat leader said the chief adviser told them that the July Charter is "their subject of interest, and it must be implemented".
"Letting the train leave the election station without attaining this [July Charter] is the wrong kind of decision. It's because it happened the way one party wanted [the decision to hold election in February]. But the remaining parties, we are united over the demand that the July Charter must be implemented."
"There is a form of discrimination here -- one party is the offence, while the rest of us are defence. The level-playing field has been compromised here. And you [chief adviser] need to rectify this before the election."
After Jamaat, NCP urges chief adviser to act against Jatiya Party
The National Citizen Party (NCP) has called on Chief Adviser Yunus to ban the activities of the Jatiya Party, saying that the party helped Awami League "legalise the last three illegal elections".
NCP also demanded that the chief adviser hold a Constituent Assembly election in February.
"There is no difference between Jatiya Party and Awami League," said NCP's Senior Joint Convener Ariful Islam Adeeb on Sunday.
He briefed journalists in front of Jamuna after meeting the chief adviser.
"We have seen that Jatiya Party has openly taken a position to bring Awami League into the elections. Considering their clear stance on the banned organisation and their previous steps to legitimise the illegal parliament, we have asked the chief adviser to take measures to suspend the organisational activities of Jatiya Party."
The NCP leader said the government itself mentioned that the fascist regime had clung to power through the three elections held.
"Jatiya Party directly participated in the three illegal elections as an ally of fascism and to legitimise those illegal elections," he said.
He said that not only that, in the election posters of Jatiya Party leaders Mujibul Haque Chunnu and Shamim Haider Patwary, it was clearly written that they were "Awami League nominated candidates."
The NCP leader further said, "For the legal and constitutional basis of the July Charter, we told the chief adviser that the election in February must be a Constituent Assembly election. Through such an election, the country can find a permanent solution to the 54-year political crisis."
The NCP leaders also asked the chief adviser to play a role in keeping the Election Commission capable and neutral.
