Dhaka: There is no difference in the spirit even if there are some mistakes in what we say, there is no difference in the spirit, said BNP Chairperson's adviser Zahir Uddin Swapan.
He said this at the roundtable meeting titled 'From disappearances and murders to July genocide: The challenge of justice' of the Forum for Bangladesh Studies on unity, reform and elections at the Khamarbari Krishibid Institute on Saturday (December 28) afternoon.
Zahir Uddin Swapan said that the defeated power can take advantage of our misrepresentation. There is no difference in our spirit even if there are some mistakes in what we say.
He said that the judicial process is an ongoing process, as long as the state exists, as long as civilization exists. Reforms will also continue until then. Development is an ongoing process. No one should present it as a condition for exercising people's rights.
The BNP leader said, when the question of getting justice comes up, we present it in such a way that everything will happen after the trial, first the trial. The same thing, but we say to reform first, then everything. There is no talk before that. There is no talk until the trial, there is no talk until the reform. The same thing, but we heard it during the fascist era that development comes first. Development must come first, then the people, votes, etc.
Zahir Uddin Swapan said, I want to believe that those who said this from within the interim government did not mean it. Maybe they presented it incorrectly in the presentation. But it is clear; it is implicit in the word interim, that fascism had snatched the ownership of the people. The work of returning the ownership of that state is underway, the time in between is the interim period. That is what the word interim means. Arrange a free election as soon as possible through which the people can express their true verdict.
The BNP Chairperson's adviser said, "But yes, we have to make the necessary and urgent reforms to ensure this. Therefore, to hold a free and acceptable election, we need to identify the inevitable reforms, create a consensus on that issue, and return the power of the people to the people through the people's representatives through free elections. Then, through discussions and negotiations, they will implement the remaining consensuses that we are creating. In this way, unity will come, reforms will come, and it will be implemented quickly through the elected government."