No scope to think that the National Consensus Commission will hold a meeting with political parties and implement fundamental reforms of the state,-BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said at press club today. He cited that the country cannot be run by hiring a few people from abroad.
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was the chief guest at event at the National Press Club auditorium in Dhaka Saturday morning. The discussion meeting titled ‘July Revolution: Expectations and Achievements’ was organized by the Zia Parishad.
“Reform must be carried out through a process. It is a continuous process,” he said.
The BNP leader said if the government thinks the police will stop taking bribes from tomorrow just because it wants them to, it will not happen.
“You have to build a structure where bribery is discouraged.”
Zia Parishad organised the programme titled “July Uprising: Expectation and Achievement at the Jatiya Press Club,” marking the first anniversary of last year’s mass uprising that led to the fall of what he described as the fascist rule of Sheikh Hasina.
Fakhrul also blamed the existing bureaucracy for holding back the country’s development.
“Our bureaucracy is a major obstacle to development. It is a negative bureaucracy and must be turned into a positive one. To do that, we mainly need to involve the people in the process,” he said.
Hasina can never be forgiven, said Fakhrul.
The BNP leader said political parties should focus on returning to the people, learning about their needs and reflecting those needs in running the country.
Referring to the criticism BNP faces for demanding elections, Fakhrul said, “As soon as we started talking about the election, they began saying BNP only wants polls. But has anyone thought about why do we want the election?”
