Plans to spread movement to realise demands
Courtesy New Age 6/4/08
The Awami League on Saturday issued a fresh warning that it would wage a greater movement if the party president Sheikh Hasina was not released immediately for treatment abroad.
Censuring the interim government for its utter failure in every sector, senior leaders of the party also demanded effective measures to check the price spiral and a specific date for parliamentary elections.
‘We will go for a greater movement, if necessary’, the acting president of AL, Zillur Rahman, said while launching a fortnight-long signature campaign organised by the party’s city AL at the Institute of Diploma Engineers, Bangladesh, in the morning.
He warned that none should relish the idea of liquidating Hasina by sapping her strength. ‘Any such dream will never be materialised. No amount of repression can weaken her morale.’
‘Release of Hasina is the only way out of the crisis facing the nation’, Zillur said.
‘Our protests will not remain confined to signature campaigns and hunger strike…we will wage a vigorous movement to realise our demands’,
He warned the government of ‘dire consequences’, if anything grievous happened to Hasina.
Previous autocratic governments had to quit in the face of mass movements and the present government should take lesson from the past, Razzak said demanding effective steps to check the runaway food prices and immediate announcement of a specific date for the general elections.
Presidium member Tofail Ahmed warned that the growing discontent among the people over the government’s failures and harassment of Hasina could explode into an all-out movement.
He said the government should not make
‘It seems that the government wants her [Hasina] to die a slow death in prison’, presidium member Matia Chowdhury said, adding that the
Referring to the food adviser’s comments on the food situation, party presidium member Suranjit Sengupta said that the advisers to the interim government were frequently making such ‘irresponsible’ statements which were only deepening the crisis.
He also questioned the legality of the proposed truth commission saying that the constitution did not allow any such provision.
‘We do not want confrontation….Start the process for sending Hasina abroad within a day or two and hold the national elections immediately’, he said.
Presidium member Amir Hossain Amu hailed the party’s city unit leaders for mobilising the people to press for Hasina’s release and instructed them to go door to door to rally support for the party’s demands.
Acting party general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam said that the central
Ashraf said the party would observe a mass hunger strike before April 17, the Mujibnagar Day. In the city the programme will be held on
MA Aziz, acting president of the party’s city unit, presided over the launch of the signature campaign.
The city AL leaders vowed to collect 10 lakh signatures in the city during the campaign demanding Hasina’s release, containing prices, lifting of the state of emergency and announcement of date for parliamentary elections.
The signature would be sent to the chief adviser to the interim government to press home the demands.
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