BNP using courts to obstruct reforms: NCP
NCP leaders accuse the BNP government of using courts to block the July Charter and reforms.
The BNP-led government is using the courts to obstruct the implementation of the July Charter and reforms, leaders of the National Citizen Party (NCP) alleged today (2 March).
Speaking at a press briefing of the party's Reform Implementation Committee at NCP's temporary office in the capital's Banglamotor this evening, party spokesperson Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain said, "The BNP is playing a dual game and obstructing reforms through the courts. Here, like a game of snakes and ladders, generosity is shown at the top, but obstacles are created underneath. The government is going to court with selective reforms."
Asif added that through this, the BNP is questioning the legitimacy of its own government.
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He alleged that a struggle is underway to uphold the 1972 Constitution through selective reforms.
"Khaleda Zia said the people's government would discard this constitution, but her successor is now defending it. This proves that the people's reforms have yet to be fully established," he added.
At the press conference, NCP Joint Convener Sarwar Tushar said that the national election and referendum were held on the basis of the July Charter implementation order.
"Raising questions and taking these matters to court has become a deplorable precedent. There is an attempt to put the people and the judiciary at odds. The July Charter reflects the will of the people, and the BNP has also signed it. It is the court's duty to protect the people's will, but through this writ, a political party is creating a confrontation between the courts and the people," he added.
He further said that questioning the July Charter implementation order would call the national parliamentary election into question, and the July Charter must be implemented first, then there would be no need for generosity regarding the deputy speaker.
NCP Reform Implementation Committee member Zahirul Haque Musa said that although writ petitions were filed personally against the referendum, July Charter, and the Reform Council, BNP lawyers participated in the hearing collectively against the referendum.
"In the hearing, they challenged the oath of the Reform Council and the July Charter," he added.
Musa said that a political doctrine and the will of the people are being dragged before the court.
