‘Limited scope of talks on polls-time govt chief’
Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam has been tasked with holding discussions with different political parties to solve the prevailing impasse, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said Sunday.
“The prime minister (Sheikh Hasina) has given Ashraf the responsibility to hold talks with different political parties, including the main opposition BNP,” the minister told journalists at the Secretariat.
Reacting to the criticism that the PM did not make clear certain points, including who would head the election-time government, in her speech Friday, he said there is limited scope for discussion in this regard.
“We want Sheikh Hasina as the head of the interim government. However, the possibility of discussion in this regard still remains, albeit in a limited scope.”
For the sake of mutual understanding, the government is willing to let representatives from the opposition in the interim government to take over important ministries like the finance ministry, he added.
Source: The Daily Star
