The Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s ban on all political gatherings has negatively impacted the possibilities of dialogue regarding the polls-time government, Workers’ Party of Bangladesh President Rashed Khan Menon said Sunday.
“Holding political rallies and gatherings is democratic right of the people. The DMP’s decision to impose a ban (on political gatherings) is a sort of restriction on that right,” Menon said at a press briefing at the party’s headquarters in the capital.
He was giving his reaction a day after Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) slapped an indefinite ban on political meetings, rallies, human chains, demonstrations, sit-ins and processions in the capital from 6:00am Sunday.
Menon said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s proposal to form an all-party election-time government comes with a number of ambiguities.
These ambiguities however can be cleared through discussions with the opposition and different other political parties, he added.
Menon, also a ruling coalition lawmaker, stressed the importance of discussion between the country’s political parties for holding a peaceful and fair election, saying: “It is still possible to reach a mutual understanding in this regard.”
The DMP imposed the ban on political gatherings Saturday five days ahead of an anti-government rally organised by the BNP-led 18-party opposition combine to press home its demand of restoration of the caretaker government system.
“Holding political rallies and gatherings is democratic right of the people. The DMP’s decision to impose a ban (on political gatherings) is a sort of restriction on that right,” Menon said at a press briefing at the party’s headquarters in the capital.
He was giving his reaction a day after Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) slapped an indefinite ban on political meetings, rallies, human chains, demonstrations, sit-ins and processions in the capital from 6:00am Sunday.
Menon said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s proposal to form an all-party election-time government comes with a number of ambiguities.
These ambiguities however can be cleared through discussions with the opposition and different other political parties, he added.
Menon, also a ruling coalition lawmaker, stressed the importance of discussion between the country’s political parties for holding a peaceful and fair election, saying: “It is still possible to reach a mutual understanding in this regard.”
The DMP imposed the ban on political gatherings Saturday five days ahead of an anti-government rally organised by the BNP-led 18-party opposition combine to press home its demand of restoration of the caretaker government system.
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