Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Saturday said his party is not willing to take part in the election under the incumbent Election Commission as it has become controversial.
“The Election Commission itself is giving up its power. The commission which surrenders its own authority can’t be trusted. In fact, it has become controversial and Jatiya Party is not interested in joining the polls under the commission,” he said.
The former military ruler came up with the observation at a reunion of ex-Chhatra Samaj Forum, the student wing of JP, at a city hotel.
Ershad said he was never in favour of caretaker government as he had to suffer injustice during the caretaker regimes. “I was in support of a strong Election Commission which won’t work at the behest of any master. But we’ve lost such Election Commission.”
About UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s telephonic conversations with the Prime Minister and the Opposition Leader, he said the UN chief called for dialogues and discussions. “We must sit for dialogue. There’s no alternative to talks to overcome the political crisis.”
The former president came down hard on the Prime Minster for her remarks that she would not budge even a hair’s breadth from her stance over the next election, saying it cannot be the language of a politician.
“Democracy means compromise, flexibility and discussion. “Democracy will be at stake if the path of dialogue is blocked,” the JP chief said.
Voicing his resentment over the reckless remarks by the ministers, he wondered, “I don’t know when people will get rid of this regime, but they must be freed from it.”
Ershad lamented that the country’s situation stopped to such a level that no one can speak the truth. “One has to go to jail for speaking the truth. But the truth must be revealed someday.”
Referring to the killing of police inspector Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna reportedly by their daughter Oishee Rahman, he said the country is heading towards destruction.
“There’s erosion of values everywhere in society, including politics. Who has created Oishee? We politicians have created Oishee. Those who we go to power don’t perform our due duty properly. So,
Source: UNBConnect
